Ecologists are increasingly confronted by questions that can be addressed only by integrating data from numerous sources, often across large geographic areas and broad time periods. The supply of ecological big data is increasing at a rapid pace as researchers are publishing their data sets and large, public science and data infrastructures (such as NEON, DataONE, LTER, & NCEAS) are producing and curating extensive volumes of complex data and metadata. While supply of, and demand for, ecological data is on the rise, many ecologists now face a new challenge in locating and synthesizing the data relevant for their particular question. Here we highlight selected popular big data products applicable to ecological research available from the NASA Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNLDAAC) is a NASA-sponsored source for biogeochemical and ecological data and models useful in environmental research. Data have been collected on the ground, by aircraft, by satellite, and from computer models. The extent of data and model products ranges from site specific to global, and durations range from days to years. Data products and models are free, but users must typically register. Major field campaigns with available data include: â¢ The Boreal Ecosystem - Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) â¢ The First ISLSCP (International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project) Field Experiment (FIFE) Project) â¢ The Large-Scale Biosphere - Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) â¢ The North American Carbon Program (NACP) â¢ Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research (OTTER) Project â¢ The SAFARI 2000 (S2K) Project in Africa â¢ Superior National Forest(SNF)Project Validation projects with available data include: â¢ BigFoot â¢ The Accelerated Canopy Chemistry Program (ACCP) â¢ The EOS Land Validation Project â¢ FLUXNET â¢ MODIS â¢ The Prototype Validation Exercise (PROVE) The ORNLDAAC also provides access to data for many regional and global projects and to a model archive. (Specialized Interface)(Registration Required)

NewsletterNewsletter @theBradbury is a monthly electronic newsletter that highlights news and events at the Bradbury Science Museum as well as includes information on the Lab's best research and innovations. Linda Deck in LANL TEDx August 2016 The Museum's director, Linda Deck, was featured at a recent TEDxLANL event, we acquire a commercial film projector from the 1950s and we also get a question about the second atomic bomb flight to Japan during World War II. It also has several stories

Newsletter Archives Newsletter Archives Click Above For the Full August 2016 Newsletter Click Above For the Full August 2016 Newsletter The Department of Energy's Sustainability Performance Office distributes a newsletter every month. They are a wonderful source of information on sustainability guidance, policies, success stories, and innovations. Past newsletters are archived for user accessibility. To subscribe to future newsletters, email the Sustainability Performance Office. Past

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which was founded to develop the world's first nuclear fuel cycle, is DOE's largest science and energy laboratory. ORNL has world-leading capabilities in computing and computational science and substantial programs and assets in nuclear energy R&D, as well as a record of accomplishment in leading large-scale scientific collaborations. Key Contributions Serves as the consortium's home organization, providing

ORNL Supplier Database - Stay in Touch! ORNL Supplier Database - Stay in Touch! December 5, 2014 - 4:19pm Addthis Small business owners seeking to do business with the U.S. Department of Energy may already be aware of the Oak Ridge Supplier Database. The Small Business Programs Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) would like to keep in touch with you periodically about pertinent, small business-related information. This may include updates from ORNL, the Department of Energy (DOE), the

About Us Â» Newsletters Â» Indian Energy Beat Â» Newsletter Archives Newsletter Archives The Office of Indian Energy's Indian Energy Beat newsletter highlights opportunities and actions to accelerate energy development in Indian Country. View past newsletters below, or read the current issue. October 22, 2015 Office of Indian Energy Fall 2015 Newsletter The Office of Indian Energy Indian Energy Beat Fall 2015 newsletter highlights opportunities and actions to accelerate energy development in

About Us Â» Newsletters Â» Indian Energy Beat Â» Newsletter Archives Newsletter Archives The Office of Indian Energy's Indian Energy Beat newsletter highlights opportunities and actions to accelerate energy development in Indian Country. View past newsletters below, or read the current issue. October 22, 2015 Office of Indian Energy Fall 2015 Newsletter The Office of Indian Energy Indian Energy Beat Fall 2015 newsletter highlights opportunities and actions to accelerate energy development in

The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Program Newsletter, supported by the EERE Wind and Water Power Technologies office, highlights the Wind Program's key activities, events, and funding opportunities.

The ORNL Sun Tracker software is the user interface that operates on a Personal Computer and serially communicates with the controller board. This software allows the user to manually operate the Hybrid Solar Lighting (HSL) unit. It displays the current location of the HSL unit, its parameters and it provides real-time monitoring. The ORNL Sun Tracker software is also the main component used in setting up and calibrating the tracker. It contains a setup screenmoreÂ Â» that requires latitude, longitude, and a few other key values to accurately locate the sun's position. The software also will provide the user access to calibrate the tracking location in relation to the sun's actual position.Â«Â less

The Office of Indian Energy's Alaska Energy Pioneer newsletter highlights opportunities and actions for Alaska Native villages and others who are partnering with us to explore and pursue sustainable solutions to rural Alaskaâs energy crisis.

Newsletter Features Newsletter Features Below are featured articles from the Indian Energy Beat newsletter. Download full issues of the newsletter. October 22, 2015 Leading the Charge: Doug MacCourt Advises Tribes on Energy Policy Leading the Charge is a regular feature spotlighting the movers and shakers in energy development on tribal lands. October 22, 2015 Winning the Future: Navajo-Hopi Land Commission Leverages DOE Grant to Advance Solar Ranch Project Under the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Newsletter features the latest information about its geothermal research and development efforts. The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC)â a tax-exempt, non-profit, geothermal educational association â publishes quarterly as an insert in its GRC Bulletin.

Transportation and Hydrogen Newsletter The Transportation and Hydrogen Newsletter is a monthly electronic newsletter that provides information on NREL's research, development, and deployment of transportation and hydrogen technologies. Photo of a stack of newspapers July 2016 Issue Hydrogen Fuel Cells Read the latest issue of the newsletter. Subscribe: To receive new issues by email, subscribe to the newsletter. Archives: For past issues, read the newsletter archives. Printable Version

1 / december Photons & Fusion Newsletter December 2011 MIT Plasma Science Lab Develops NIF Diagnostics A typical NIF experiment is over in a few billionths of a second. Obtaining meaningful information about what occurs during this extremely brief time period, in and around a tiny target, has required the design and development of a new breed of detectors, cameras, and other diagnostic instruments, many of which have been created through partnerships with universities and national

Newsletter Â» September 2016 At the Bradbury Latest Issue:September 2016 all issues All Issues Â» submit IN THIS ISSUE How many moons are there in space? Our monthly question poses a challenge Tide-triggered tremors give clues for earthquake prediction Learning more about earthquakes Wiring reconfiguration saves millions for Trinity supercomputer Saving a bundle on our new, really big computer Isotope research opens new possibilities for cancer treatment The insights from this study could

7 ANL/EVS/NL-07-08 Technical Contact: Brad W. Orr Phone: 630-252-8665 Email: brad.orr@anl.gov Editor: Donna J. Holdridge Contributor: Lynne Roeder Website: http://www.arm.gov ACRF Southern Great Plains Newsletter is published by Argonne National Laboratory, managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract number DE-AC02-06CH11357. ACRF Instrument Team Meets at SGP The ARM Program has had unprecedented success in operating a large array of sophisticated

Feb./Mar. 2006 ANL/EVS/NL-06-02 Technical Contact: Brad W. Orr Phone: 630-252-8665 Email: brad.orr@anl.gov Editor: Donna J. Holdridge Website: http://www.arm.gov ACRF Southern Great Plains Newsletter is published by Argonne National Laboratory, managed by The University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy. New Shipping and Receiving Building Dedicated The SGP central facility is operating more efficiently with a newly completed Shipping and Receiving building. The SGP Shipping and

Workers' Spotlight newsletter is a monthly publication that provides information regarding the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and the Former Worker Medical Screening Program. January 2013 issue covers National Supplemental Screening Program and What's going on around the Complex.

Workers' Spotlight newsletter is a monthly publication that provides information regarding the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and the Former Worker Medical Screening Program. February 2013 issue covers John Hopkins University Former Worker Program.

The Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI) newsletter will be released periodically to inform program stakeholders about new developments and achievements in the area of sensors, instrumentation and related technologies across the Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) R&D programs.

Call on the Internet of Things | Department of Energy ORNL Announces New JUMP Partnership with Siemens, Launches Crowdsourcing Call on the Internet of Things ORNL Announces New JUMP Partnership with Siemens, Launches Crowdsourcing Call on the Internet of Things August 1, 2016 - 9:22am Addthis ORNL Announces New JUMP Partnership with Siemens, Launches Crowdsourcing Call on the Internet of Things The Department of Energy's (DOE) Building Technologies Office has announced a new partnership

May 2016 APM Newsletter May 2016 APM Newsletter Please click here to read the latest interactive edition of the APM Newsletter. This month's edition includes the Director's Corner and featured articles on Project Schedule, PM EVM Roadside Assists, and Project Controls. It also includes information on upcoming PMCDP classroom and online training and updates on recently certified Acquisition Workforce Personnel. Please click here to read the latest interactive edition of the APM Newsletter. This

Newsletter Features Newsletter Features Below are featured articles from the Indian Energy Beat newsletter. Download full issues of the newsletter. October 22, 2015 Leading the Charge: Doug MacCourt Advises Tribes on Energy Policy Leading the Charge is a regular feature spotlighting the movers and shakers in energy development on tribal lands. October 22, 2015 Winning the Future: Navajo-Hopi Land Commission Leverages DOE Grant to Advance Solar Ranch Project Under the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement

Power Newsletter Concentrating Solar Power Newsletter The SunShot concentrating solar power (CSP) newsletter highlights the progress made by the SunShot CSP program and its partners over the past quarter. Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your subscriber preferences page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. Stay Updated Sign up for our e-newsletter. Submit your email address below. Subscribe

The Collider-Accelerator Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory is building a high-brightness 500 mA capable Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) as one of its main R&D thrusts towards eRHIC, the polarized electron - hadron collider as an upgrade of the operating RHIC facility. The ERL is in final assembly stages, with injection commisioning starting in October 2012. The objective of this ERL is to serve as a platform for R&D into high current ERL, in particular issues of halo generation and control, Higher-Order Mode (HOM) issues, coherent emissions for the beam and high-brightness, high-power beam generation and preservation. The R&D ERL features a superconducting laser-photocathode RF gun with a high quantum efficiency photoccathode served with a load-lock cathode delivery system, a highly damped 5-cell accelerating cavity, a highly flexible single-pass loop and a comprehensive system of beam instrumentation. In this ICFA Beam Dynamics Newsletter article we will describe the ERL in a degree of detail that is not usually found in regular publications. We will discuss the various systems of the ERL, following the electrons from the photocathode to the beam dump, cover the control system, machine protection etc and summarize with the status of the ERL systems.

December 2010 - NA-ASC-500-10 - Issue 15 1 ASCeNews - Quarterly Newsletter December 2010 - NA-ASC-500-10 - Issue 15 Meisner Minute I hope this quarter's newsletter finds you and your families looking forward to a healthy and prosperous new year. And, professionally, I hope your achievements in the New Year exceed those of a very successful 2010. In spite of presenting you with impediments such as continuing resolutions, your accomplishments are nothing short of amazing. So, I would like to take

This is the inaugural issues of an annual publication about the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Here you will find a brief overview of ORNL, a sampling of our recent research achievements, and a glimpse of the directions we want to take over the next 15 years. A major purpose of ornl 89 is to provide the staff with a sketch of the character and dynamics of the Laboratory.

Workers' Spotlight newsletter is a monthly publication that provides information regarding the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and the Former Worker Medical Screening Program. March 2013 issue covers Former Worker Medical Screening Program 2012 Annual Report and University of Iowa - Former Worker Program.

Workers' Spotlight newsletter is a monthly publication that provides information regarding the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and the Former Worker Medical Screening Program. December 2012 issue covers Updating the Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) and the summary of the 2012 Advanced Ethical Research Conference.

Workersâ Spotlight newsletter is a monthly publication that provides information regarding the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and the Former Worker Medical Screening Program. September/October 2013 issue covers Former Worker Medical Screening Program Milestone, United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and John Hopkins Former Worker Program in New Mexico.

Worker's Spotlight newsletter is a monthly publication that provides information regarding the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program and the Former Worker Medical Screening Program. January/February 2014 issue covers audiogram, the American Museum of Science and Energy, and trivia.

Subscribe to Newsletter The Decision Insight and Market Impacts newsletter highlights the lab's analysts and analysis activities in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies are having an impact on U.S. energy goals. The newsletter features recent publications and websites, updates to our models and tools, and staff activities. To subscribe, fill out the form below. If you have any questions about Decision Insight and Market Impacts or about subscribing, please send them to the the

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Administration | (NNSA) Evaluation Stockpile Stewardship Quarterly Newsletter NNSA's Stockpile Stewardship Quarterly (SSQ), produced by the Office of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, debuted in February 2011. Formerly, the Defense Science Quarterly newsletter, which covered the activities of the Science Campaign, the newsletter was renamed and expanded following a reorganization of NNSA's Defense Programs. With its broader scope, the SSQ provides information about the research

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the US Department of Energy Nuclear Physics Program have built a high-resolution Electromagnetic Isotope Separator (EMIS) as a prototype for reestablishing a US based enrichment capability for stable isotopes. ORNL has over 60 years of experience providing enriched stable isotopes and related technical services to the international accelerator target community, as well as medical, research, industrial, national security, and other communities. ORNL is investigating the combined use of electromagnetic and gas centrifuge isotope separation technologies to provide research quantities (milligram to several kilograms) of enriched stable isotopes. In preparation for implementing a larger scale production facility, a 10 mA high-resolution EMIS prototype has been built and tested. Initial testing of the device has simultaneously collected greater than 98% enriched samples of all the molybdenum isotopes from natural abundance feedstock.

WIPP Receives First Shipment From Oak Ridge National Laboratory CARLSBAD, N.M., September 25, 2008 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee has become the latest site to ship defense-related transuranic waste directly to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). A truck with three loaded TRUPACT-II shipping containers departed ORNL yesterday and arrived at WIPP this morning - the 6,894th safe shipment to WIPP since the project opened in 1999.

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A brief overview is given that covers the roles, organization, R and D sponsors, and recent achievements of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Current R and D programs are described in the areas of nuclear and engineering technologies, advanced energy systems, biomedical and environmental sciences, and basic physical sciences. ORNL's future activities are discussed. (LEW)

Energy ORNL Publishes Study on Superconducting Wire Performance ORNL Publishes Study on Superconducting Wire Performance August 23, 2013 - 4:06pm Addthis The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently released a new study on advances in superconducting wire technology. A team led by ORNL's Amit Goyal demonstrated that the ability to control nanoscale imperfections in superconducting wires results in materials with excellent and customized performance. The team's

Fall 2015 Newsletter Alaska Energy Pioneer Fall 2015 Newsletter The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy's Alaska Energy Pioneer Fall 2015 newsletter highlights opportunities and actions to accelerate Alaska Native energy development. Read newsletter stories below or download the newsletter at the bottom of the page. Alaska Native Village Energy Challenges a Priority for DOE Image of people. Since joining the DOE Office of Indian Energy in May, new Director Chris Deschene has made

Safety, Codes & Standards Â» H2 Safety Snapshot Newsletter H2 Safety Snapshot Newsletter The H2 Safety Snapshot is a hydrogen safety quarterly newsletter which outlines safety best practices and lessons learned to promote continued success in the safe operation of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) hydrogen projects. The newsletter delineates the safe handling and use of hydrogen in a wide variety of applications and provides a listing of hydrogen safety resources. Links to newsletter issues

Training and Workforce Development Forum Newsletter Training and Workforce Development Forum Newsletter Training and Workforce Development Forum Newsletter Training and Workforce Development Forum Newsletter (775.3 KB) More Documents & Publications Program Update: 4th Quarter 2010 Environmental Justice Interagency Collaborative Newsletter Volume 1 A Review of the Department of Energy's Implementation of Executive Order 12898 and Recommendations for a Second Five-Year

Star shines on Y-12 A newsletter for employees and friends of the Y-12 National Security Complex Inside ... Anatomy of a weapon (pg. 2) New technology reveals what's inside without destroying weapon components. LINKS to a new generation (pg. 5) Atlanta STEM students visit Y-12, ORNL and ORAU. July 2012 Visit us! Y-12's Safety for Life journey is now lighted by the U.S. Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program Star. The flag was presented to Y-12 June 5 by the then Acting Manager of the

The May 2015 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in the categories of in the news; funding opportunities and requests for information; webinars and workshops; and national laboratory and principal investigator achievements.

The July 2015 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in the categories of in the news; webinars and workshops; and national laboratory and principal investigator achievements.

The Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI) newsletter includes information about new developments and achievements in the area of sensors, instrumentation and related technologies across the Office of Nuclear Energy R&D programs.

The Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI) newsletter includes information about new developments and achievements in the area of sensors, instrumentation and related technologies across the Office of Nuclear Energy R&D programs.

The June 2015 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in the categories of in the news; webinars and workshops; and studies, reports, and national laboratory and principal investigator achievements.

The Advanced Methods for Manufacturing (AMM) newsletter includes information about selected projects pertaining to additive manufacturing, concrete technologies, and welding innovations currently funded by the Department of Energyâs Office of Nuclear Energy.

The Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI) newsletter includes information about new developments and achievements in the area of sensors, instrumentation and related technologies across the Office of Nuclear Energy R&D programs.

The August 2016 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: in the news; funding opportunities and requests for information; webinars and workshops; and studies, reports, and publications.

The Advanced Methods for Manufacturing (AMM) newsletter includes information about selected projects pertaining to additive manufacturing, concrete technologies, and welding innovations currently funded by the Department of Energyâs Office of Nuclear Energy.

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July 2016 PM Newsletter July 2016 PM Newsletter Please click here to read the latest interactive edition of DOE Project Management News. This month's edition includes the Director's Corner and features articles on Scheduling as a Best Practice, PM EVM Roadside Assists Coming Your Way, and Update on DOE Order 430.1B, Real Property Asset Management. It also includes information on upcoming PMCDP classroom and online training and recent Acquisition Career Management Program certifications. Please

2 * January 2016 T he U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Methods for Manufacturing (AMM) Program held its annual program review on September 29, 2015, at the Lock- heed Martin Global Vision Center to discuss the status of currently-funded AMM projects. The audience included personnel from academia, national laboratories, manu- facturing, design, and construction organizations, which provided an excellent platform for further collaborations. Seventeen presentations were made, encompassing

3 * March 2016 C onstruction of complex facilities, such as nuclear power plants (NPPs), has evolved to require sophisticated processes and data management capabilities to help ensure that the plants as constructed will perform as designed throughout their life cycle. A key element in realizing the value of a Configu- ration Management (CM) or Building Information Model (BIM) approach is the ability to track all design elements and to update the design when there is a deviation between the

ORNL/TM-2014/59 Emissions and Performance Benchmarking of a Prototype Dimethyl Ether-Fueled Heavy-Duty Truck February 2014 Prepared by James P. Szybist Oak Ridge National Laboratory Samuel McLaughlin Volvo North America Suresh Iyer The Pennsylvania State University DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY Reports produced after January 1, 1996, are generally available free via the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Information Bridge. Web site http://www.osti.gov/bridge Reports produced before January 1, 1996, may be

The Cement and Concrete Applications Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed versatile and inexpensive processes to solidify large quantities of hazardous liquids, sludges, and solids. By using standard off the shelf processing equipment, these batch or continuous processes are compatible with a wide range of disposal methods, such as above-ground storage, shallow-land burial, deep geological disposal, sea-bed dumping, and bulk in-situ solidification. Because of their economic advantages, these latter bulk in-situ disposal scenarios have received the most development. ORNL's experience has shown that tailored cement-based formulas can be developed which tolerate wide fluctuations in waste feed compositions and still maintain mixing properties that are compatible with standard equipment. In addition to cements, these grouts contain pozzolans, clays and other additives to control the flow properties, set-times, phase separations and impacts of waste stream fluctuation. The cements, fly ashes and other grout components are readily available in bulk quantities and the solids-blends typically cost less than $0.05 to 0.15 per waste gallon. Depending on the disposal scenario, total disposal costs (material, capital, and operating) can be as low as $0.10 to 0.50 per gallon.

| Department of Energy Crowdsourcing Site Advances Building Technologies Ideas to the Market ORNL Crowdsourcing Site Advances Building Technologies Ideas to the Market September 24, 2015 - 4:09pm Addthis James White, Rod Stucker and James Rowland, winners of DOE's inaugural Buildings Crowdsourcing Community Campaign, joined GE ApplianceÃ¢ÂÂs Venkat Venkatakrishnan and DOE Assistant Secretary David Danielson for a panel discussion at EERE Industry Day at ORNL. Image: ORNL. James White, Rod

Easier, and Cheaper to Model Energy Use of Buildings | Department of Energy ORNL Researchers Develop 'Autotune' Software to Make it Quicker, Easier, and Cheaper to Model Energy Use of Buildings ORNL Researchers Develop 'Autotune' Software to Make it Quicker, Easier, and Cheaper to Model Energy Use of Buildings October 15, 2014 - 12:34pm Addthis ORNL buildings researchers Jibonananda Sanyal, left, and Joshua New are developing software that will automatically calibrate models for simulating

ORNL Supplier Database - Stay in Touch! ORNL Supplier Database - Stay in Touch! December 5, 2014 - 4:19pm Addthis Small business owners seeking to do business with the U.S. Department of Energy may already be aware of the Oak Ridge Supplier Database. The Small Business Programs Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) would like to keep in touch with you periodically about pertinent, small business-related information. This may include updates from ORNL, the Department of Energy (DOE), the

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This quarterly newsletter is intended for participants and stakeholders in the DOE Solar Program. The content includes features on technology development, market transformation, and policy analysis for solar. Highlights include solar industry updates, DOE funding opportunity announcements and awards, and national laboratory technology developments.

This quarterly newsletter is intended for participants and stakeholders in the DOE Solar Program. The content includes features on technology development, market transformation, and policy analysis for solar. Highlights include solar industry updates, DOE funding opportunity announcements and awards, and national laboratory technology developments.

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This paper describes the process of retrieving, repackaging, and preparing Oak Ridge spent nuclear fuel (SNF) for off-site disposition. The objective of the Oak Ridge SNF Project is to safely, reliably, and efficiently manage SNF that is stored on the Oak Ridge Reservation until it can be shipped off-site. The project required development of several unique processes and the design and fabrication of special equipment to enable the successful retrieval, transfer, and repackaging of Oak Ridge SNF. SNF was retrieved and transferred to a hot cell for repackaging. After retrieval of SNF packages, the storage positions were decontaminated and stainless steel liners were installed to resolve the vulnerability of water infiltration. Each repackaged SNF canister has been transferred from the hot cell back to dry storage until off-site shipments can be made. Three shipments of aluminum-clad SNF were made to the Savannah River Site (SRS), and five shipments of non-aluminum-clad SNF are planned to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). Through the integrated cooperation of several organizations including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC (BJC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and various subcontractors, preparations for the disposition of SNF in Oak Ridge have been performed in a safe and successful manner.

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a US Department of Energy (DOE) facility that is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC. In February 2006, DOE promulgated worker safety and health regulations to govern contractor activities at DOE sites. These regulations, which are provided in 10 CFR 851, Worker Safety and Health Program, establish requirements for worker safety and health program that reduce or prevent occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidental losses by providing DOE contractors and their workers with safe and healthful workplaces at DOE sites. The regulations state that contractors must achieve compliance no later than May 25, 2007. According to 10 CFR 851, Subpart C, Specific Program Requirements, contractors must have a structured approach to their worker safety and health programs that at a minimum includes provisions for pressure safety. In implementing the structured approach for pressure safety, contractors must establish safety policies and procedures to ensure that pressure systems are designed, fabricated, tested, inspected, maintained, repaired, and operated by trained, qualified personnel in accordance with applicable sound engineering principles. In addition, contractors must ensure that all pressure vessels, boilers, air receivers, and supporting piping systems conform to (1) applicable American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (2004) Sections I through XII, including applicable code cases; (2) applicable ASME B31 piping codes; and (3) the strictest applicable state and local codes. When national consensus codes are not applicable because of pressure range, vessel geometry, use of special materials, etc., contractors must implement measures to provide equivalent protection and ensure a level of safety greater than or equal to the level of protection afforded by the ASME or applicable state or local codes. This report documents the work performed to address legacy pressure vessel deficiencies and comply

The ORNL Trusted Corridors Project has several other names: SensorNet Transportation Pilot; Identification and Monitoring of Radiation (in commerce) Shipments (IMR(ic)S); and Southeastern Transportation Corridor Pilot (SETCP). The project involves acquisition and analysis of transportation data at two mobile and three fixed inspection stations in five states (Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington DC). Collaborators include the State Police organizations that are responsible for highway safety, law enforcement, and incident response. The three states with fixed weigh-station deployments (KY, SC, TN) are interested in coordination of this effort for highway safety, law enforcement, and sorting/targeting/interdiction of potentially non-compliant vehicles/persons/cargo. The Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is interested in these deployments, as a Pilot test (SETCP) to identify Improvised Nuclear Devices (INDs) in highway transport. However, the level of DNDO integration among these state deployments is presently uncertain. Moreover, DHS issues are considered secondary by the states, which perceive this work as an opportunity to leverage these (new) dual-use technologies for state needs. In addition, present experience shows that radiation detectors alone cannot detect DHS-identified IND threats. Continued SETCP success depends on the level of integration of current state/local police operations with the new DHS task of detecting IND threats, in addition to emergency preparedness and homeland security. This document describes the enabling components for continued SETCP development and success, including: sensors and their use at existing deployments (Section 1); personnel training (Section 2); concept of operations (Section 3); knowledge discovery from the copious data (Section 4); smart data collection, integration and database development, advanced algorithms for multiple sensors, and

Provenance is dened as information about the origin of objects, a concept that applies to both physical and digital objects and often overlaps both. The use of provenance in systems designed for research is an important but forgotten feature. Provenance allows for proper and exact tracking of information, its use, its lineage, its derivations and other metadata that are important for correctly adhering to the scien- tic method. In our project's prescribed use of provenance, researchers can determine detailed information about the use of sensor data in their experiments on ORNL's Flexible Research Platforms (FRPs). Our project's provenance system, Provenance Data Management System (ProvDMS), tracks information starting with the creation of information by an FRP sensor. The system determines station information, sensor information, and sensor channel information. The system allows researchers to derive generations of experiments from the sensor data and tracks their hierarchical flow. Key points can be seen in the history of the information as part of the information's workflow. The concept of provenance and its usage in science is relatively new and while used in other cases around the world, our project's provenance diers in a key area. To keep track of provenance, most systems must be designed or redesigned around the new provenance system. Our system is designed as a cohesive but sepa- rate entity and allows for researchers to continue using their own methods of analysis without being constrained in their ways in order to track the provenance. We have designed ProvDMS using a lightweight provenance library, Core Provenance Library (CPL) v.6 In addition to keeping track of sensor data experiments and its provenance, ProvDMS also provides a web-enabled visualization of the inheritance.

The Department of Energyâs Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Momentum Technologies have signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement for an ORNL process designed to recover rare earth magnets from used computer hard drives.

April 2012 EFRC Newsletter Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) EFRCs Home Centers Research Science Highlights News & Events EFRC News EFRC Events DOE Announcements Publications History Contact BES Home 04.26.12 April 2012 EFRC Newsletter Print Text Size: A A A Subscribe FeedbackShare Page The 4th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research External link , the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on April 6, 2012.

2 EFRC Newsletter Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) EFRCs Home Centers Research Science Highlights News & Events EFRC News EFRC Events DOE Announcements Publications History Contact BES Home 01.04.12 January 2012 EFRC Newsletter Print Text Size: A A A Subscribe FeedbackShare Page The 3rd edition of Frontiers in Energy Research External link , the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online in January 2012

May 2011 EFRC Newsletter Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) EFRCs Home Centers Research Science Highlights News & Events EFRC News EFRC Events DOE Announcements Publications History Contact BES Home 05.02.11 May 2011 EFRC Newsletter Print Text Size: A A A Subscribe FeedbackShare Page The 1rst edition of Frontiers in Energy Research External link , the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online in May 2011

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Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: July 2016 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: July 2016 The July 2016 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities and Requests for Information Webinars and Workshops National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Energy Department Announces $14 Million to Advance Hydrogen Fuel Technologies The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced

Zero Energy Ready Home Update Newsletter Zero Energy Ready Home Update Newsletter Zero Energy Ready Home Update Newsletter Welcome to Zero Energy Ready Home Update-your connection to news from the U.S. Department of Energy's Zero Energy Ready Home program, which supports housing industry leaders with the tools necessary to reach a whole new level of home performance that ensures outstanding levels of energy savings, comfort, health and durability. Each monthly edition brings you the latest

5 Spring R&D Newsletter 2015 This U.S. Department of Energy Wind Program Newsletter provides recent news about the program's R&D projects, its accomplishments, upcoming events, funding opportunities, and recent publications. Letter from the Wind Program Director DOE In the News Funding Opportunities Current R&D Past Issues Articles by Topic Letter from the Wind Program Director New Wind Vision Report Forecasts Clean Energy Future This edition of the Wind Program Newsletter highlights

State and Local Climate and Energy Newsletters State and Local Climate and Energy Newsletters The State Partner Network Newsletter is targeted to any state staff involved in advancing clean energy opportunities, developing climate change mitigation policies and programs, looking to understand and describe the benefits of climate actions, and/or seeking up-to-date information on what other states are doing. Subscribers receive a weekly summary of state climate and energy policy news. The State

The Surplus Facilities Management Program (SFMP) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is part of the Department of Energy`s (DOE) National SFMP, administered by the Richland Operations Office. This program was established to provide for the management of DOE surplus radioactively contaminated facilities from the end of their operating life until final facility disposition is completed. As part of this program, the ORNL SFMP oversees some 76 individual surplus facilities, ranging in complexity from abandoned waste storage tanks to large experimental reactors. The ORNL SFMP has prepared this Long Range Plan to outline the long-term management strategy for those facilities included in the program. The primary objective of this plan are to: (1) develop a base of information for each ORNL SFMP facility, (2) conduct preliminary decommissioning analyses to identify feasible alternatives, (3) assess the current and future risk of each facility, (4) establish a priority list for the decommissioning projects, and (5) integrate the individual project costs and schedules into an overall program schedule and cost estimate for the ORNL site. The Long Range Plan also provides an overview of the ORNL SFMP management structure, specifies the decommissioning criteria to be employed, and identifies special technical problems, research and development needs, and special facilities and equipment that may be required for decommissioning operations.

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On August 15, 2002 the Department of Energy (DOE) selected the Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to deploy a new scalable vector supercomputer architecture for solving important scientific problems in climate, fusion, biology, nanoscale materials and astrophysics. ''This program is one of the first steps in an initiative designed to provide U.S. scientists with the computational power that is essential to 21st century scientific leadership,'' said Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, director of the department's Office of Science. In FY03, CCS procured a 256-processor Cray X1 to evaluate the processors, memory subsystem, scalability of the architecture, software environment and to predict the expected sustained performance on key DOE applications codes. The results of the micro-benchmarks and kernel bench marks show the architecture of the Cray X1 to be exceptionally fast for most operations. The best results are shown on large problems, where it is not possible to fit the entire problem into the cache of the processors. These large problems are exactly the types of problems that are important for the DOE and ultra-scale simulation. Application performance is found to be markedly improved by this architecture: - Large-scale simulations of high-temperature superconductors run 25 times faster than on an IBM Power4 cluster using the same number of processors. - Best performance of the parallel ocean program (POP v1.4.3) is 50 percent higher than on Japan s Earth Simulator and 5 times higher than on an IBM Power4 cluster. - A fusion application, global GYRO transport, was found to be 16 times faster on the X1 than on an IBM Power3. The increased performance allowed simulations to fully resolve questions raised by a prior study. - The transport kernel in the AGILE-BOLTZTRAN astrophysics code runs 15 times faster than on an IBM Power4 cluster using the same number of processors. - Molecular dynamics simulations related to the phenomenon of

The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee generates numerous radioactive waste streams. Many of those streams contain a large number of radionuclides with an extremely broad range of concentrations. To feasibly manage the radionuclide information, ORNL developed a reportable nuclide criteria to distinguish between those nuclides in a waste stream that require waste tracking versus those nuclides of such minimal activity that do not require tracking. The criteria include tracking thresholds drawn from ORNL onsite management requirements, transportation requirements, and relevant treatment and disposal facility acceptance criteria. As a management practice, ORNL maintains waste tracking on a nuclide in a specific waste stream if it exceeds any of the reportable nuclide criteria. Nuclides in a specific waste stream that screen out as non-reportable under all these criteria may be dropped from ORNL waste tracking. The benefit of this criteria is to ensure that nuclides in a waste stream with activities which meaningfully affect safety and compliance are tracked, while documenting the basis for removing certain isotopes from further consideration.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee generates numerous radioactive waste streams. Many of those streams contain a large number of radionuclides with an extremely broad range of concentrations. To feasibly manage the radionuclide information, ORNL developed reportable nuclide criteria to distinguish between those nuclides in a waste stream that require waste tracking versus those nuclides of such minimal activity that do not require tracking. The criteria include tracking thresholds drawn from ORNL onsite management requirements, transportation requirements, and relevant treatment and disposal facility acceptance criteria. As a management practice, ORNL maintains waste tracking on a nuclide in a specific waste stream if it exceeds any of the reportable nuclide criteria. Nuclides in a specific waste stream that screen out as non-reportable under all these criteria may be dropped from ORNL waste tracking. The benefit of these criteria is to ensure that nuclides in a waste stream with activities which meaningfully affect safety and compliance are tracked, while documenting the basis for removing certain isotopes from further consideration. (authors)

success ORISE's completion of environmental assessment at ORNL is a Recovery Act success Exterior of K-33 superstructure at ORNL This 2.8 million-square-foot facility known as K-33 was formerly used to house a uranium-enrichment operation during the Manhattan Project. The superstructure was one of three dozen facilities ORISE characterized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-an effort that proved to be challenging due to the complexity of the facilities and the project's

Market Impact Hydrogen Fuel Cells This is the July 2016 issue of the Transportation and Hydrogen Newsletter. July 28, 2016 A photo of a public hydrogen fuel cell bus parked in a parking lot. Fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs), such as this one operating in Oakland, California, are providing data to compare FCEB performance with that of buses using conventional technology. Photo by Leslie Eudy, NREL NREL Helps Pave Way for H2 Technologies As deployment of hydrogen fueling stations increases to

Newsletters Data Backcheck Page sort descending Wed, 2012-08-01 12:54 On Target August 2012 August 2012 The U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Bright Future for Energizing Electrons: 12 GeV Cryomodule Test a Success Crab_1.jpg A C100 cryomodule is prepared to be lowered into the accelerator tunnel by Dave Bigelow (left) for installation, as John Hogan looks on. In the wee hours of May 18, the last crew to run the 6 GeV CEBAF accelerator caught a glimpse of

Nation November 1, 2000 his is the second issue of the Clean Cities Alternative Fuel Price Report, a quarterly newsletter keeping you up to date on the price of alternative fuels in the U.S. and their relation to gasoline and diesel prices. This issue discusses prices that were gathered during the week of October 9, 2000, with comparisons to the prices in the previous Price Report for the week of April 10, 2000. Gasoline and Diesel Prices asoline averaged $1.541 per gallon nationwide during the

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ORNL researchers have developed a technique, surface-enhanced Raman optical data storage (SERODS), which uses the light-emitting properties of molecules to pack considerably more information into compact discs. This new technology has the potential to store 10 days of music-instead of just 90 minutes-on a single disc.

PBS MotorWeek, television's longest running automotive series, featured ORNL lightweighting research for vehicle applications in an episode that aired in early April 2014. The crew captured footage of research including development of new metal alloys, additive manufacturing, carbon fiber production, advanced batteries, power electronics components, and neutron imaging applications for materials evaluation.

Gas hydrate research performed by the Environmental Sciences Division utilizes the ORNL Seafloor Process Simulator, the Parr Vessel, the Sapphire Cell, a fiber optic distributed sensing system, and Raman spectroscopy. The group studies carbon sequestration in the ocean, desalination, gas hydrates in the solar system, and nucleation and dissociation kinetics. The videos available at the gas hydrates website are very short clips from experiments.

PBS MotorWeek, television's longest running automotive series, featured ORNL lightweighting research for vehicle applications in an episode that aired in early April 2014. The crew captured footage of research including development of new metal alloys, additive manufacturing, carbon fiber production, advanced batteries, power electronics components, and neutron imaging applications for materials evaluation.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TVA and the Department of Energy are taking energy-saving research into a West Knox County neighborhood. In the Campbell Creek subdivision, ORNL researchers have helped builders to construct three homes with three different levels of energy-saving features.

4 Spring R&D Newsletter 2014 This archived edition of the U.S. Department of Energy Wind Program R&D Newsletter, which was published on May 7, 2014, provides information about the program's research and development projects, its accomplishments, and funding opportunities. Letter from the Wind Program Director In the News Current R&D Funding Opportunities Letter from the Wind Program Director The spring edition of the Wind Program Newsletter comes at quite a busy and exciting time for

This newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy Buildng Energy Codes Program keeps readers up to date on energy code standards; the February 2010 issue focuses on helping states with code adoption, compliance, and resources.

The first quarter 2010 edition of the Solar Energy Technologies Program newsletter summarizes the activities for the past three months, funding opportunities, highlights from the national labs, and upcoming events.

The Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation (ASI) newsletter includes information about new developments and achievements in the area of sensors, instrumentation and related technologies across the Office of Nuclear Energy R&D programs.

The Fourth Quarter 2009 edition of the Solar Energy Technologies Program newsletter summarizes the activities for the past three months, funding opportunities, highlights from the national labs, and upcoming events.

Newsletter: First Quarter 2012 Wind Program Newsletter: First Quarter 2012 Turbines in U.S. Waters Will Soon Spin Wind into Electricity In the News Current R&D Funding Opportunities Recent Publications Turbines in U.S. Waters Will Soon Spin Wind into Electricity DOE releases Offshore Demonstration Project Solicitation The U.S. Department of Energy Wind Program is joining forces with other federal and state government agencies, international partners, industry, technology leaders, and the

Energy DECEMBER 2014 ZERO ENERGY READY HOME UPDATE NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS A note from Sam Rashkin: Special Words for a Special Builder... Your Story, Compellingly Clear Consumer Tour of Zero Big Thanks for Making a Difference! Looking for Leading Lenders Webinars The 2015 Race to Zero Student Design Competition Top Winners to be Constructed! Decemeber 2014 Newsletter.pdf (42.37 KB) More Documents & Publications DOE ZERH Second Leading Builder Round Table Meeting

Energy ZERO ENERGY READY HOME UPDATE NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2014 ZERO ENERGY READY HOME UPDATE NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS A note from Sam Rashkin: "It's the window, stupid..." And the winners are... Leading ZERH builders discuss what DOE can do for them You have spoken: Building Science to Sales Translator reviltalized Calling all lenders: DOE establishes lending partners to recognize efficiency in the financing process Architects and designers can get in on the act

2 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: April 2012 The April 2012 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory Achievements In the News DOE to Host Annual Merit Review Meeting The 2012 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program and Vehicle Technologies Program Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting will take place May 14-18, 2012, at the

3 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: April 2013 The April 2013 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Merit Review Being Held May 13-17 The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) 2013 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meetings

4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: April 2014 The April 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Energy Department Invests More than $3 Million to Advance U.S. Competitiveness in the Fuel Cell Market On April 8, the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) selected

5 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: April 2015 The April 2015 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications In the News Energy Department Awards $4.6 Million to Advance Hydrogen Storage Systems FCTO announced up to $4.6 million for four projects to develop advanced hydrogen storage materials that have potential to enable longer driving ranges and help make fuel cell

Energy August 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: August 2012 The August 2012 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications In the News Request for Information (RFI) Regarding High-Accuracy Meters for Hydrogen Fueling Equipment The Fuel Cell Technologies Office has issued an RFI seeking feedback from interested stakeholders regarding the current

Energy 3 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: August 2013 The August 2013 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Energy Department Announces New Investment to Reduce Fuel Cell Costs In support of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above strategy to develop clean,

Energy 2 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: December 2012 The December 2012 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Calling All Fuel Cells A story about how fuel cells were instrumental in providing backup power for cell towers and keeping cell phone communications open

Energy 3 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: December 2013 The December 2013 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Energy Department Invests Over $7 Million to Commercialize Cost-Effective Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies On December 17, the Energy Department

Energy 4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: December 2014 The December 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News First Commercially Available Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Hit the Street The Energy Department recently posted a blog about the availability of fuel cell electric vehicles

Energy 5 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: December 2015 The December 2015 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities and Requests for Information Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications In the News Energy Department Reports: U.S. Fuel Cell Market Production and Deployment Continues Strong Growth The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently posted a blog announcing the release

Energy 3 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: February 2013 The February issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Energy Department Announces New Investment to Advance Cost-Competitive Hydrogen Fuel On February 14, the Energy Department announced a $1 million investment to analyze and evaluate

Energy 4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: February 2014 The February 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News NASCAR Green Gets First Place in Daytona 500 At this year's Daytona 500, four fuel cell generators powered some of the broadcast cameras around the

Energy 5 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: February 2015 The February 2015 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications In the News Watch Energy Secretary Moniz Test Drive the Toyota Mirai The Energy Department posted a video of âªSecretary Ernest Moniz driving the Toyota Mirai, the first fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) for sale in the United States. Watch

Energy 4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: January 2014 The January 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News SLIDESHOW: Secretary Moniz Tours 2014 Washington Auto Show At the Washington Auto Show, Secretary Moniz highlighted the Energy Department's role in

Energy 5 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: January 2015 The January 2015 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities and Requests for Information Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News SLIDESHOW: Secretary Moniz Tours 2015 Washington Auto Show A slideshow featuring highlights from Secretary Moniz's tour of

4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: July 2014 The July 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In this issue: In the News Funding Opportunities and Requests for Information Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 1 Technical Topics for FY15 Announced On Monday, July 14, the U.S. Department of Energy announced

2 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: June 2012 The June 2012 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News University of Maryland Wins 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest The University of Maryland has won the Hydrogen Education Foundation's 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest.

4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: June 2014 The June 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In this issue: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Energy Department Invests $20 Million to Advance Hydrogen Production and Delivery Technologies The Energy Department announced $20 million for 10 new

6 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: June 2016 The June 2016 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities and Requests for Information Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Annual Merit Review Evaluates Impact of Sustainable Transportation Projects The Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation Meeting was held

4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: March 2014 The March 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Interested in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies? Help Shape the H2 Refuel H-Prize Competition The Energy Department recently posted a blog about the H-Prize H2

2 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: May 2012 The May 2012 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Requests for Information Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory Achievements In the News Energy Department Announces Milestone in Fuel Cell Use Over the last three years, nearly 1,200 fuel cells have been deployed in emergency backup power units and material handling

3 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: May 2013 The May 2013 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Merit Review The DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program held a joint peer review meeting with the Vehicle Technologies Program May 13-17,

6 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: May 2016 The May 2016 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Energy Department Announces Climate Action Champion, City of San Francisco, Embracing Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies On May 20, the Energy Department's (DOE's) Office of Energy Efficiency

Energy 2 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: November 2012 The November 2012 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 3 Award Winners Announced, Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell Manufacturing Projects Included The U.S. Department of Energy recently

Energy 2 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: October 2012 The October 2012 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In the News Funding Opportunities Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Hydrogen Gateway on Open Energy Info Database is Premiered The Open Energy Info (Open EI) database now includes a hydrogen gateway. Open EI is sponsored by DOE

Energy 4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: October 2014 The October 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In this issue: In the News Funding Opportunities and Requests for Information Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Energy Department Launches H2 Refuel H-Prize Competition for Small-Scale Hydrogen Refueling Systems The

Energy 5 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: October 2015 The October 2015 issue of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) newsletter includes stories in these categories: Celebrating the First National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day In the News Funding Opportunities and Requests for Information Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications Celebrating the First National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day Logo for National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day The first ever National Hydrogen

Energy 4 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Newsletter: September 2014 The September 2014 issue of the of the Fuel Cell Technologies Office newsletter includes stories in these categories: In this issue: In the News Webinars and Workshops Studies, Reports, and Publications National Laboratory and Principal Investigator Achievements In the News Leveraging National Lab Capabilities On Tuesday, November 11, the U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technologies Office will host two events at the

3 Wind Program Newsletter: Third Quarter 2013 Letter from the Wind Program Director In the News Current R&D Funding Opportunities Recent Publications Letter from the Wind Program Director In this year's offshore wind edition of the Wind Program Newsletter, the Department of Energy (DOE) and its partners want to share with you all of the groundbreaking work being conducted in the area of offshore wind. Two years ago, DOE allocated $43 million to fund a variety of offshore wind research

JLab Newsletter: e-OnTarget- April 2006 JLab Newsletter: e-OnTarget- April 7, 2006 Secretary Bodman sends a safety message to everyone within Energy Department Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman is very concerned with the recent increase in accidents and worker injuries across the Department of Energy. He sends a safety message to everyone within DOE. Jefferson Lab's newest cluster computer takes shape JLab's newest cluster computer has just been installed in the Computer Center, doubling the Lab's

The ORNL FISH Telomere Segmentation GUI takes images of cellular chromosomes and telomeres obtained through Fluorescent in-situ Hybridization and automatically labels the pixels that belong to the chromosomes and telomeres, which are cellular structures of interest to cancer researchers. The process of labeling the pixels is called segmentation. The resulting segmentation can be edited through the use of an extensive graphical user-interface or GUI, saved, and exported to a data file suitable for use withmoreÂ Â» data analysis programs such as Microsoft Excel.Â«Â less

This document attempts to reconstruct the role played by the Chemical Technology Division (Chem Tech) of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the atomic era since the 1940`s related to the development and production of nuclear weapons and power reactors. Chem Tech`s early contributions were landmark pioneering studies. Unknown and dimly perceived problems like chemical hazards, radioactivity, and criticality had to be dealt with. New chemical concepts and processes had to be developed to test the new theories being developed by physicists. New engineering concepts had to be developed and demonstrated in order to build facilities and equipment that had never before been attempted. Chem Tech`s role was chemical separations, especially uranium and plutonium, and nuclear fuel reprocessing. With diversification of national and ORNL missions, Chem Tech undertook R&D studies in many areas including biotechnology; clinical and environmental chemistry; nuclear reactors; safety regulations; effective and safe waste management and disposal; computer modeling and informational databases; isotope production; and environmental control. The changing mission of Chem Tech are encapsulated in the evolving activities.

During the fall of 1996 there was a major effort to sample and analyze the Active Liquid Low-Level Waste (LLLW) tanks at ORNL which include the Melton Valley Storage Tanks (MVST) and the Bethel Valley Evaporator Service Tanks (BVEST). The characterization data summarized in this report was needed to address waste processing options, address concerns dealing with the performance assessment (PA) data for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), evaluate the waste characteristics with respect to the waste acceptance criteria (WAC) for WIPP and Nevada Test Site (NTS), address criticality concerns, and meet DOT requirements for transporting the waste. This report discusses the analytical characterization data for the supernatant and sludge in the BVEST waste tanks W-21, W-22, and W-23. The isotopic data presented in this report supports the position that fissile isotopes of uranium and plutonium were denatured as required by the administrative controls stated in the ORNL LLLW waste acceptance criteria (WAC). In general, the BVEST sludge was found to be hazardous based on RCRA characteristics and the transuranic alpha activity was well above the 100 nCi/g limit for TRU waste. The characteristics of the BVEST sludge relative to the WIPP WAC limits for fissile gram equivalent, plutonium equivalent activity, and thermal power from decay heat were estimated from the data in this report and found to be far below the upper boundary for any of the remote-handled transuranic waste (RH-TRU) requirements for disposal of the waste in WIPP.

News & Blog News & Blog Highlights Official measurement of the 3D-printed trim tool printed at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Photo courtesy of ORNL. AMO's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility Helps Set Guinness World Record in 3D Printing August 30, 2016 3:42 PM The Guinness Book of World Records is filled with strange, extraordinary, and awe-inspiring feats and accomplishments. Read The Full Story The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith

Administration | (NNSA) newsletter recognized with news awards Friday, September 26, 2014 - 2:52pm OneVoice, the employee/community newsletter for the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), was recognized recently with two awards in the 2014 Better Newspapers Contest, sponsored by the Nevada Press Association. OneVoice Co-editor Lory Jones received a first-place award in the category of Community Journalism for weekly or monthly newspapers with circulations of 10,000 or less for her December

Unique Ability to Power One Another | Department of Energy ORNL Unveils 3D-Printed Home and Vehicle with the Unique Ability to Power One Another EERE Success Story-ORNL Unveils 3D-Printed Home and Vehicle with the Unique Ability to Power One Another November 17, 2015 - 10:42am Addthis EERE Success StoryÃ¢ÂÂORNL Unveils 3D-Printed Home and Vehicle with the Unique Ability to Power One Another In September, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) announced successful

Radiation has existed everywhere in the environment since the Earth's formation - in rocks, soil, water, and plants. The mining and processing of naturally occurring radioactive materials for use in medicine, power generation, consumer products, and industry inevitably generate emissions and waste. Radiological measuring devices have been used by industry for years to measure for radiation in undesired locations or simply identify radioactive materials. Since the terrorist attacks on the United States on 9-11-01 these radiation measuring devices have proliferated in many places in our nation's commerce system. DOE, TVA, the Army Corps and ORNL collaborated to test the usefulness of these devices in our nation's waterway system on this project. The purpose of the Watts Bar Dam ORNL Trusted Corridors project was to investigate the security, safety and enforcement needs of local, state and federal government entities for state-of-the-art sensor monitoring in regards to illegal cargo including utilization of the existing infrastructure. TVA's inland waterways lock system is a recognized and accepted infrastructure by the commercial carrier industry. Safety Monitoring activities included tow boat operators, commercial barges and vessels, recreational watercraft and their cargo, identification of unsafe vessels and carriers, and, monitoring of domestic and foreign commercial vessels and cargo identification. Safety Enforcement activities included cargo safety, tracking, identification of hazardous materials, waterway safety regulations, and hazardous materials regulations. Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Applications included Radiological Dispersive Devices (RDD) identification, identification of unsafe or illicit transport of hazardous materials including chemicals and radiological materials, and screening for shipments of illicit drugs. In the Fall of 2005 the SensorNet funding for the project expired. After several unsuccessful attempts to find a Federal sponsor

September 2001 Technical Standards Newsletter - September 2001 The Standards Forum and Standards Actions - September 2001 Inside this issue: News from the DOE TEchnical Standards Program Office (TSPO) ............................ 1 Including Standards in the Education of Future Engineers......................................... 1 A Note from the Manager ...................................................................................... 3 Welcome Aboard the

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March 2005 Technical Standards Newsletter - March 2005 The Standards Forum and Standards Actions - March 2005 Inside this issue: TSP Manager's Notes............................................ 1 Nanotechnology Standards Panel holds First Meeting................................................ 3 ASME is lead in standards consortium that will open office in China next year....................................................... 4 Development and Maintenance of DOE's Radiation Protection

5 Technical Standards Newsletter - March 2005 The Standards Forum and Standards Actions - March 2005 Inside this issue: TSP Manager's Notes............................................ 1 Nanotechnology Standards Panel holds First Meeting................................................ 3 ASME is lead in standards consortium that will open office in China next year....................................................... 4 Development and Maintenance of DOE's Radiation Protection

Spring 2014 edition of the biannual newsletter of the U.S. Department of Energy's Clean Cities program. Each issue contains program news, success stories, and information about tools and resources to assist in the deployment of alternative fuels, advanced vehicles, idle reduction, fuel efficiency improvements, and other measures to cut petroleum use in transportation.

The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)) was requested by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to perform total inorganic carbon (TIC), total organic carbon (TOC), and rheological measurements for several Oak Ridge tank samples. As received slurry samples were diluted and submitted to SRNL-Analytical for TIC and TOC analyses. Settled solids yield stress (also known as settled shear strength) of the as received settled sludge samples were determined using the vane method and these measurements were obtained 24 hours after the samples were allowed to settled undisturbed. Rheological or flow properties (Bingham Plastic viscosity and Bingham Plastic yield stress) were determined from flow curves of the homogenized or well mixed samples. Other targeted total suspended solids (TSS) concentrations samples were also analyzed for flow properties and these samples were obtained by diluting the as-received sample with de-ionized (DI) water.

The absence of suitably stable reference electrodes for and to 300 C led ORNL to develop hydrogen electrode concentration cells for studies of equilibria of interest in reactor and steam generator systems to about 300 C during the late 1960`s and seventies. During the intervening two dozen years over twenty scientists have participated in potentiometric studies at Oak Ridge and much of that work will be summarized in this paper. A description of hydrogen electrode concentration cells developed in the late sixties and currently in use at Oak Ridge is given. The method of measurement, data interpretation, and published results are reviewed for studies of acid-base ionization, metal ion hydrolysis, and metal complexation reactions using principally such cells in titration or flow modes. 41 refs.

This document is a compilation of characterization data obtained on nominal 350 {micro}m natural enrichment uranium oxide/uranium carbide kernels (NUCO) produced by BWXT for the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification Program. These kernels were produced as part of a development effort at BWXT to address issues involving forming and heat treatment and were shipped to ORNL for additional characterization and for coating tests. The kernels were identified as G73N-NU-59344. 250 grams were shipped to ORNL. Size, shape, and microstructural analysis was performed. These kernels were preceded by G73B-NU-69300 and G73B-NU-69301, which were kernels produced and delivered to ORNL earlier in the development phase. Characterization of the kernels from G73B-NU-69300 was summarized in ORNL/CF-04/07 'Results from ORNL Characterization of Nominal 350 {micro}m NUCO Kernels from the BWXT 69300 composite'.

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January 2014 EFRC Newsletter Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) EFRCs Home Centers Research Science Highlights News & Events EFRC News EFRC Events DOE Announcements Publications History Contact BES Home 01.30.14 January 2014 EFRC Newsletter Print Text Size: A A A Subscribe FeedbackShare Page The 10th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research External link , the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on January 30, 2014

July 2012 EFRC Newsletter Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) EFRCs Home Centers Research Science Highlights News & Events EFRC News EFRC Events DOE Announcements Publications History Contact BES Home 07.12.12 July 2012 EFRC Newsletter Print Text Size: A A A Subscribe FeedbackShare Page The 5th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research External link , the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on July 11, 2012

July 2014 EFRC Newsletter Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) EFRCs Home Centers Research Science Highlights News & Events EFRC News EFRC Events DOE Announcements Publications History Contact BES Home 07.25.14 July 2014 EFRC Newsletter Print Text Size: A A A Subscribe FeedbackShare Page The 12th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research External link , the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on July 25, 2014

Water softening sludge (>4000 stored low level contaminated drums; 600 drums per year) generated by the ORNL Process Waste Treatment Plant must be treated, stabilized, and placed in safe storage/disposal. The sludge is primarily CaCO{sub 3} and is contaminated by low levels of {sup 90}Sr and {sup 137}Cs. In this study, microwave sintering and calcination were evaluated for treating the sludge. The microwave melting experiments showed promise: volume reductions were significant (3-5X), and the waste form was durable with glass additives (LiOH, fly ash). A commercial vendor using surrogate has demonstrated a melt mineralization process that yields a dense monolithic waste form with a volume reduction factor (VR) of 7.7. Calcination of the sludge at 850-900 C yielded a VR of 2.5. Compaction at 4500 psi increased the VR to 4.2, but the compressed form is not dimensionally stable. Addition of paraffin helped consolidate fines and yielded a VR of 3.5. In conclusion, microwave melting or another form of vitrification is likely to be the best method; however for immediate implementation, the calculation/compaction/waxing process is viable.

This report, the ORNL Long-Range Environmental and Waste Management Plan, is the annual update in a series begun in fiscal year 1985. Its primary purpose is to provide a thorough and systematic planning document to reflect the continuing process of site assessment, strategy development, and planning for the current and long-term control of environmental issues, waste management practices, and remedial action requirements. The document also provides an estimate of the resources required to implement the current plan. This document is not intended to be a budget document; it is, however, intended to provide guidance to both Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., and the US Department of Energy (DOE) management as to the near order of magnitude of the resources (primarily funding requirements) and the time frame required to execute the strategy in the present revision of the plan. As with any document of this nature, the near-term (one to three years) part of the plan is a pragmatic assessment of the current program and ongoing capital projects and reflects the efforts perceived to be necessary to comply with all current state and federal regulations and DOE orders. It also should be in general agreement with current budget (funding) requests and obligations for these immediate years. 55 figs., 72 tabs.

This issue of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM Program) monthly newsletter is about the ARM Program goal to improve scientific understanding of the interactions of sunlight (solar radiation) with the atmosphere, then incorporate this understanding into computer models of climate change. To model climate accurately all around the globe, a variety of data must be collected from many locations on Earth. For its Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) sites, ARM chose locations in the US Southern Great Plains, the North Slope of Alaska, and the Tropical Western Pacific Ocean to represent different climate types around the world. In this newsletter they consider the North Slope of Alaska site, with locations at Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska.

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program September 1999 Facilities Newsletter discusses the several Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs) that the ARM SGP CART site will host in the near future. Two projects of note are the International Pyrgeometer Intercomparison and the Fall Single Column Model (SCM)/Nocturnal Boundary Layer (NBL) IOP. Both projects will bring many US and international scientists to the SGP CART site to participate in atmospheric research.

Administration | (NNSA) December 2011 || Who's Who in ASC || ASC eNews POCs || Upcoming Events || ASC NA-ASC-500-11 Issue 18 December 2011 The Meisner Minute "The Meisner Minute" editorial does not appear in this issue. It will resume in the March issue of this newsletter.-Editor's note ______________________________________________________ First-Ever 3D Kinetic Simulations of a Novel Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration Mechanism Enabled by Petascale Computing A recent article in

2 Across the Pond Newsletter Issue 2 A Quarterly Update on Joint UK NDA/US DOE Activities and Initiatives Issue 2: December 2009. In this issue: DOE - NDA relationship recognized at International Environmental Cleanup Conference NDA - DOE Standing Committee Meeting commends progress Topic Area Update: Significant Progress Being Made Information Exchange is one of "DOE's best business practices" Glass Chemistry - A Flagship of Progress Under the Statement of Intent US Nuclear Waste

Summer 2012 Office of Indian Energy Newsletter: Summer 2012 Indian Energy Beat News on Actions to Accelerate Energy Development in Indian Country Summer 2012 Issue: Eleven Tribes Jump START Clean Energy Projects Message from the Director Opening Doors: New Energy Resource Library for Tribes Education Program in Development Building Bridges: Transmission in Indian Country Sharing Knowledge: Energy Surety Micro Winning the Future: Native Village of Teller Addresses Heating Fuel Shortage, Improves

The ORNL DOT Specification 6M - Special Form Package was fabricated at the Oak Ridge Nation al Laboratory (ORNL) for the transport of Type B solid non-fissile radioactive materials in special form. The package was evaluated on the basis of tests performed by the Dow Chemical Company, Rocky Flats Division, on the DOT-6M container and special form tests performed on a variety of stainless steel capsules at ORNL by Operations Division personnel. The results of these evaluations demonstrate that the package is in compliance with the applicable regulations for the transport of Type B quantities in special form of non-fissile radioactive materials.

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program reports its status to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in March of each year. The program operates under the authority of DOE Order 413.2B, âLaboratory Directed Research and Developmentâ (April 19, 2006), which establishes DOEâs requirements for the program while providing the Laboratory Director broad flexibility for program implementation. LDRD funds are obtained through a charge to all Laboratory programs. This report includes summaries all ORNL LDRD research activities supported during FY 2008. The associated FY 2008 ORNL LDRD Self-Assessment (ORNL/PPA-2008/2) provides financial data and an internal evaluation of the programâs management process.

The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports its status to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in March of each year. The program operates under the authority of DOE Order 413.2B, âLaboratory Directed Research and Developmentâ (April 19, 2006), which establishes DOEâs requirements for the program while providing the Laboratory Director broad flexibility for program implementation. LDRD funds are obtained through a charge to all Laboratory programs. This report includes summaries of all ORNL LDRD research activities supported during FY 2011. The associated FY 2011 ORNL LDRD Self-Assessment (ORNL/PPA-2012/2) provides financial data and an internal evaluation of the programâs management process.

The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports its status to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in March of each year. The program operates under the authority of DOE Order 413.2B, âLaboratory Directed Research and Developmentâ (April 19, 2006), which establishes DOEâs requirements for the program while providing the Laboratory Director broad flexibility for program implementation. LDRD funds are obtained through a charge to all Laboratory programs. This report includes summaries all ORNL LDRD research activities supported during FY 2009. The associated FY 2009 ORNL LDRD Self-Assessment (ORNL/PPA-2010/2) provides financial data and an internal evaluation of the programâs management process.

The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports its status to the US Department of Energy (DOE) in March of each year. The program operates under the authority of DOE Order 413.2B, âLaboratory Directed Research and Developmentâ (April 19, 2006), which establishes DOEâs requirements for the program while providing the Laboratory Director broad flexibility for program implementation. LDRD funds are obtained through a charge to all Laboratory programs. This report includes summaries of all ORNL LDRD research activities supported during FY 2013. The associated FY 2013 ORNL LDRD Self-Assessment (ORNL/PPA-2014/2) provides financial data and an internal evaluation of the programâs management process.

The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports its status to the US Department of Energy (DOE) in March of each year. The program operates under the authority of DOE Order 413.2B, âLaboratory Directed Research and Developmentâ (April 19, 2006), which establishes DOEâs requirements for the program while providing the Laboratory Director broad flexibility for program implementation. LDRD funds are obtained through a charge to all Laboratory programs. This report includes summaries of all ORNL LDRD research activities supported during FY 2012. The associated FY 2012 ORNL LDRD Self-Assessment (ORNL/PPA-2012/2) provides financial data and an internal evaluation of the programâs management process.

The parallel Monte Carlo photon and electron transport code package penORNL was developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to enable advanced scanning electron microscope (SEM) simulations on high performance computing systems. This paper discusses the implementations, capabilities and parallel performance of the new code package. penORNL uses PENELOPE for its physics calculations and provides all available PENELOPE features to the users, as well as some new features including source definitions specifically developed for SEM simulations, a pulse-height tally capability for detailed simulations of gamma and x-ray detectors, and a modified interaction forcing mechanism to enable accurate energy deposition calculations. The parallel performance of penORNL was extensively tested with several model problems, and very good linear parallel scaling was observed with up to 512 processors. penORNL, along with its new features, will be available for SEM simulations upon completion of the new pulse-height tally implementation.

The Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports its status to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in March of each year. The program operates under the authority of DOE Order 413.2B, âLaboratory Directed Research and Developmentâ (April 19, 2006), which establishes DOEâs requirements for the program while providing the Laboratory Director broad flexibility for program implementation. LDRD funds are obtained through a charge to all Laboratory programs. This report includes summaries of all ORNL LDRD research activities supported during FY 2010. The associated FY 2010 ORNL LDRD Self-Assessment (ORNL/PPA-2011/2) provides financial data and an internal evaluation of the programâs management process.

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Heat Pump Design Model (HPDM), a hardware-based vapor-compression system research and design tool originally developed in the mid-1970s, remains cutting edge through continuous evolution.

Event ORAU, ORNL partnered to host college and university career center employees Attendees learned of research opportunities for students at their schools FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2011 FY11-38 Career Center Discovery Event attendees visit the ORNL Graphite Reactor Click image to enlarge. OAK RIDGE, Tenn.-Career center staff representing 21 colleges and universities were onsite at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tuesday, July 12, for the first ever Career Center Discovery Event. The

ORNL's Amit Goyal wins E.O. Lawrence Award ORNL's Amit Goyal wins E.O. Lawrence Award November 29, 2011 - 9:31am Addthis Dr. Amit Goyal, a high temperature superconductivity (HTS) researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a winner of the Department of Energy's Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award honoring U.S. scientists and engineers for exceptional contributions in research and development supporting DOE and its mission. Winner of the award in the inaugural category of Energy

During 2010, the Neutron Sciences Directorate focused on producing world-class science, while supporting the needs of the scientific community. As the instrument, sample environment, and data analysis tools at High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR ) and Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) have grown over the last year, so has promising neutron scattering research. This was an exciting year in science, technology, and operations. Some topics discussed are: (1) HFIR and SNS Experiments Take Gordon Battelle Awards for Scientific Discovery - Battelle Memorial Institute presented the inaugural Gordon Battelle Prizes for scientific discovery and technology impact in 2010. Battelle awards the prizes to recognize the most significant advancements at national laboratories that it manages or co-manages. (2) Discovery of Element 117 - As part of an international team of scientists from Russia and the United States, HFIR staff played a pivotal role in the discovery by generating the berkelium used to produce the new element. A total of six atoms of ''ununseptium'' were detected in a two-year campaign employing HFIR and the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the heavy-ion accelerator capabilities at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia. The discovery of the new element expands the understanding of the properties of nuclei at extreme numbers of protons and neutrons. The production of a new element and observation of 11 new heaviest isotopes demonstrate the increased stability of super-heavy elements with increasing neutron numbers and provide the strongest evidence to date for the existence of an island of enhanced stability for super-heavy elements. (3) Studies of Iron-Based High-Temperature Superconductors - ORNL applied its distinctive capabilities in neutron scattering, chemistry, physics, and computation to detailed studies of the magnetic excitations of iron-based superconductors (iron pnictides and

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RICHLAND, Wash. â In this issue of the EM Update newsletter, EM marks the many accomplishments the Richland Operations Office and its contractors have achieved in cleanup along the Columbia River corridor at the Hanford Site. This year marked the 10th anniversary of the River Corridor Closure Contract, the nationâs largest environmental cleanup closure project, managed by Washington Closure Hanford. The work has involved projects to clean up existing contamination and waste sites near the river, preventing contamination from reaching it, and cocooning or demolishing hundreds of structures no longer in use, including former reactors along the river that helped create materials for the U.S. nuclear weapons program.

In 2009 the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS), elicited petascale computational science requirements from leading computational scientists in the international science community. This effort targeted science teams whose projects received large computer allocation awards on OLCF systems. A clear finding of this process was that in order to reach their science goals over the next several years, multiple projects will require computational resources in excess of an order of magnitude more powerful than those currently available. Additionally, for the longer term, next-generation science will require computing platforms of exascale capability in order to reach DOE science objectives over the next decade. It is generally recognized that achieving exascale in the proposed time frame will require disruptive changes in computer hardware and software. Processor hardware will become necessarily heterogeneous and will include accelerator technologies. Software must undergo the concomitant changes needed to extract the available performance from this heterogeneous hardware. This disruption portends to be substantial, not unlike the change to the message passing paradigm in the computational science community over 20 years ago. Since technological disruptions take time to assimilate, we must aggressively embark on this course of change now, to insure that science applications and their underlying programming models are mature and ready when exascale computing arrives. This includes initiation of application readiness efforts to adapt existing codes to heterogeneous architectures, support of relevant software tools, and procurement of next-generation hardware testbeds for porting and testing codes. The 2009 OLCF requirements process identified numerous actions necessary to meet this challenge: (1) Hardware capabilities must be

The landscape of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has dramatically changed over the past 2 years with demolition of aging facilities in the Central Campus. Removal of these infrastructure legacies was possible due to an influx of DOE-Environmental Management funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Facility D and D traditionally removes everything down to the building slab, and the Soils and Sediments Program is responsible for slabs, below-grade footers and sub-grade structures, abandoned waste utilities, and soils contaminated above certain risk levels that must be removed before the site can be considered for redevelopment. DOE-EM has used a combination of base and ARRA funding to facilitate the clean-up process in ORNL's 2000 Area. Demolition of 13 buildings in the area was funded by the ARRA. Characterization of the remaining slabs, underground pipelines and soils was funded by DOE-EM base funding. Additional ARRA funding was provided for the removal of the slabs, pipelines and contaminated soils. Removal work is in progress and consists of removing and disposing of approximately 7,650 cubic meters (m{sup 3}) of concrete, 2,000 m{sup 3} of debris, and 400 m{sup 3} of contaminated soil. Immediately adjacent to the 2000 Area is the Oak Ridge Science and Technology Park and the modernized ORNL western campus. The Science and Technology Park is the only private sector business and technology park located within the footprint of a national laboratory. The completion of this work will not only greatly reduce the risk to the ORNL campus occupants but also allow this much sought after space to be available for redevelopment and site reuse efforts at ORNL. Demolition of aging facilities enabled by injection of ARRA funding has significantly altered the landscape at ORNL while reducing risk to laboratory personnel and operations and providing valuable central campus land parcels for redevelopment to expand and enhance the

4 EFRC Newsletter Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) EFRCs Home Centers Research Science Highlights News & Events EFRC News EFRC Events DOE Announcements Publications History Contact BES Home 04.30.14 April 2014 EFRC Newsletter Print Text Size: A A A Subscribe FeedbackShare Page The 11th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research External link , the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on April 30, 2014. Last modified: 7/29/2016

Department of Energy Overview of 5 Years of HCCI Fuel and Engine Data from ORNL Statistical Overview of 5 Years of HCCI Fuel and Engine Data from ORNL Results show single fuel model could not represent all fuels studied but engine performance could be predicted with a grouped approach using cetane with secondary effects from volatility or heavy fuel components deer10_bunting.pdf (1.06 MB) More Documents & Publications Response of Oil Sands Derived Fuels in Diesel HCCI Operation APBF

Department of Energy $10 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Soil Cleanup at ORNL DOE Awards $10 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Soil Cleanup at ORNL September 22, 2009 - 12:00pm Addthis OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $10.1 million to an Ohio-based small business to contain and cap contaminated soil in the Bethel Valley area near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Starting in October, LATA-Sharp Remediation Services, LLC of Westerville, Ohio is expected to

A three-dimensional Monte Carlo calculation using the MORSE code was performed to validate a procedure previously adopted in the ORNL discrete ordinate analysis of measurements made in the ORNL Pool Critical Assembly Pressure Vessel Facility. The results of these flux calculations agree, within statistical undertainties of about 5%, with those obtained from a discrete ordinate analysis employing the same procedure. This study therefore concludes that the procedure for combining several one- and two-dimensional discrete ordinate calculations into a three-dimensional flux is sufficiently accurate that it does not account for the existing discrepancies observed between calculations and measurements in this facility.

The Department of Energyâs (DOE) Building Technologies Office has announced a new partnership between DOEâs Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Siemens to seek innovative ideas for the use of personal âsmartâ devices to control such things as lighting and air conditioning in public spaces.

LIQUIDARMOR, a sprayable liquid sealant developed by The Dow Chemical Company and evaluated at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), recently won the 2016 Gold Edison Award for Building Construction & Lighting Innovations. The Edison Awards honor the best in innovation and excellence in the development of new products and services.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) performed a detailed technical review of the 2015 Electrabel (EBL) Safety Cases prepared for the Belgium reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) at Doel 3 and Tihange 2 (D3/T2). The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) in Belgium commissioned ORNL to provide a thorough assessment of the existing safety margins against cracking of the RPVs due to the presence of almost laminar flaws found in each RPV. Initial efforts focused on surveying relevant literature that provided necessary background knowledge on the issues related to the quasilaminar flaws observed in D3/T2 reactors. Next, ORNL proceeded to develop an independent quantitative assessment of the entire flaw population in the two Belgian reactors according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI, Appendix G, Fracture Toughness Criteria for Protection Against Failure, New York (1992 and 2004). That screening assessment of all EBL-characterized flaws in D3/T2 used ORNL tools, methodologies, and the ASME Code Case N-848, Alternative Characterization Rules for QuasiLaminar Flaws . Results and conclusions from the ORNL flaw acceptance assessments of D3/T2 were compared with those from the 2015 EBL Safety Cases. Specific findings of the ORNL evaluation of that part of the EBL structural integrity assessment focusing on stability of the flaw population subjected to primary design transients include the following: ORNL s analysis results were similar to those of EBL in that very few characterized flaws were found not compliant with the ASME (1992) acceptance criterion. ORNL s application of the more recent ASME Section XI (2004) produced only four noncompliant flaws, all due to LOCAs. The finding of a greater number of non-compliant flaws in the EBL screening assessment is due principally to a significantly more restrictive (conservative) criterion for flaw size acceptance used by EBL. ORNL s screening assessment results

Standard methods, along with guidance for post-processing the ADCP stationary measurements using MATLAB algorithms that were evaluated and tested by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), are presented following an overview of the ADCP operating principles, deployment methods, error sources and recommended protocols for removing and replacing spurious data.

A sludge that simulates Water Softening Sludge number 5 (WSS number 5 filtercake) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was prepared and evaluated for its thermal behavior, volume reduction, stabilization, surface area and compressive strength properties. Compaction of the surrogate waste and the calcium oxide (produced by calcination) in the presence of paraffin resulted in cylindrical molds with various degrees of stability. This work has demonstrated that surrogate WSS number 5 at ORNL can be successfully stabilized by blending it with about 35 percent paraffin and compacting the mixture at 8000 psi. This compressive strength of the waste form is sufficient for temporary storage of the waste while long-term storage waste forms are developed. Considering the remarkable similarity between the surrogate and the actual filtercake, the findings of this project should be useful for treating the sludge generated by the waste treatment facility at ORNL.

Plenary: Materials Development Overview ADVANCES IN NANOSCIENCE/NANOMATERIALS AND APPLICATION TO THE GRID For example - APPLICATION OF NANO-DIAMOND TO ENHANCE TRANSFORMER OIL Jim Davidson Dave Kerns August 26, 2015 (Vanderbilt) Materials Innovation Workshop at ORNL "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" * Advances in nanoscience / nanomaterials *was a lecture given by physicist Richard Feynman at an American Physical Societymeeting at Caltech on December 29, 1959. [1] Feynman

40 SECTION A. Project Title: Radiation Resistant Electrical Insulation Materials for Nuclear Reactors Using Novel Nanocomposite Dielectrics - Oak Ridge National Laboratory SECTION B. Project Description Nanocomposite materials that are based on XLPE and other epoxy resins incorporating TiO2, MgO, SiO2, and AL2O3 nanoparticles, will be fabricated using a novel in situ method established at ORNL to demonstrate materials with increased resistance to radiation and thermal degradation. In order to

Frequency responsive loads Isabelle Snyder, Ph.D. Power and Energy Systems Group ORNL 2 Managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy Presentation_name Project objective * Study the use of load for frequency regulation: - Identify frequency measurement accuracies based on different approaches - Identify accuracy requirement for frequency responsive load applications - Study the impact of frequency responsive loads on a large system (ERCOT or EI) 3 Managed by UT-Battelle for the U.S.

This study is focused on describing the desorbed off gases due to heating of the AgIMordenite (MOR) produced at ORNL for iodine (I2) gas capture from nuclear fuel aqueous reprocessing. In particular, the interest is for the incorporation of the AgI-MOR into a waste form, which might be the Sandia developed, low temperature sintering, Bi-Si oxide based, Glass Composite Material (GCM). The GCM has been developed as a waste form for the incorporation any oxide based getter material. In the case where iodine may be released during the sintering process of the GCM, additional Ag flake is added as further insurance in total iodine capture and retention. This has been the case for the incorporated ORNL developed AgIMOR. Thermal analysis studies were carried out to determine off gasing processes of ORNL AgIMOR. Independent of sample size, ~7wt% of total water is desorbed by 225Â°C. This includes both bulk surface and occluded water, and are monitored as H2O and OH. Of that total, ~5.5wt% is surface water which is removed by 125Â°C, and 1.5wt% is occluded (in zeolite pore) water. Less than ~1 wt% total water continues to desorb, but is completely removed by 500Â°C. Above 300Â°C, the detectable remaining desorbing species observed are iodine containing compounds, including I and I2.

The landscape of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has dramatically changed over the past 2 years with demolition of aging facilities in the Central Campus. Removal of these infrastructure legacies was possible due to an influx of DOE-Environmental Management funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Facility D&D traditionally removes everything down to the building slab, and the Soils and Sediments Program is responsible for slabs, below-grade footers, abandoned waste utilities, and soils contaminated above certain risk levels that must be removed before the site can be considered for redevelopment. , DOE-EM has used a combination of base and ARRA funding to facilitate the clean-up process in ORNL s 2000 Area. Demolition of 13 buildings in the area was funded by the ARRA. Characterization of the remaining slabs, underground pipelines and soils was funded by DOE-EM base funding. Additional ARRA funding was provided for the removal of the slabs, pipelines and contaminated soils. Removal work is in progress and consists of removing and disposing of approximately 10,000 cubic yards (CY) of concrete, 2,500 CY of debris, and 500 CY of contaminated soil. The completion of this work will allow the site to be available for redevelopment and site reuse efforts at ORNL.

This document is a compilation of the characterization data for the TRISO-coated surrogate particle batch designated ZrO2-500-AK2 that was produced at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as part of the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification (AGR) program. The ZrO2-500-AK2 material contains nominally 500 {micro}m kernels of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) coated with all TRISO layers (buffer, inner pyrocarbon, silicon carbide, and outer pyrocarbon). The ZrO2-500-AK2 material was created for: (1) irradiation testing in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and (2) limited dissemination to laboratories as deemed appropriate to the AGR program. This material was created midway into a TRISO fuel development program to accommodate a sudden opportunity to perform irradiation testing on surrogate material. While the layer deposition processes were chosen based on the best technical understanding at the time, technical progress at ORNL has led to an evolution in the perceived optimal deposition conditions since the createion of ZrO2-500-AK2. Thus, ZrO2-500-AK2 contains a reasonable TRISO microstructure, but does differ significanly from currently produced TRISO surrogates and fuel at ORNL. In this document, characterization data of the ZrO2-500-AK2 surrogate includes: size, shape, coating thickness, and density.

This document is a compilation of the characterization data for the TRISO-coated surrogate particles designated ZrO2-500-AK2 that was produced at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as part of the Advanced Gas Reactor Fuel Development and Qualification (AGR) program. The ZrO2-500-AK2 material contains nominally 500 {micro}m kernels of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) coated with all TRISO layers (buffer, inner pyrocarbon, silicon carbide, and outer pyrocarbon). The ZrO2-500-AK2 material was created for: (1) irradiation testing in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and (2) limited dissemination to laboratories as deemed appropriate to the AGR program. This material was created midway into a TRISO fuel development program to accommodate a sudden opportunity to perform irradiation testing on surrogate material. While the layer deposition processes were chosen based on the best technical understanding at the time, technical progress at ORNL has led to an evolution in the perceived optimal deposition conditions since the creation of ZrO2-500-AK2. Thus, ZrO2-500-AK2 contains a reasonable TRISO microstructure, but does differ significantly from currently produced TRISO surrogates and fuel at ORNL. In this document, characterization data of the ZrO2-500-AK2 surrogate includes: size, shape, coating thickness, and density.

As part of the retrospective evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy s low-income Weatherization Assistance Program that was led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), an assessment of the impacts of weatherization on indoor air quality (IAQ) was conducted. This assessment included nearly 500 treatment and control homes across the country. Homes were monitored for carbon monoxide, radon, formaldehyde, temperature and humidity pre- and post-weatherization. This report focuses on the topic of radon and addresses issues not thoroughly discussed in the original IAQ report. The size, scope and rigor of the radon component of the IAQ study are compared to previous studies that assessed the impacts of weatherization on indoor radon levels. It is found that the ORNL study is by far the most extensive study conducted to date, though the ORNL results are consistent with the findings of the other studies. However, the study does have limitations related to its reliance on short-term measurements of radon and inability to attribute changes in radon levels in homes post-weatherization to specific weatherization measures individually or in combination.

This newsletter describes key activities of the DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs for Summer 2012. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (DOE-IE) has selected 11 Tribes - five in Alaska and six in the contiguous United States - to receive on-the-ground technical support for community-based energy efficiency and renewable energy projects as part of DOE-IE's Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Program. START finalists were selected based on the clarity of their requests for technical assistance and the ability of START to successfully work with their projects or community. Technical experts from DOE and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will work directly with community-based project teams to analyze local energy issues and assist the Tribes in moving their projects forward. In Alaska, the effort will be bolstered by DOE-IE's partnership with the Denali Commission, which will provide additional assistance and expertise, as well as funding to fuel the Alaska START initiative.

The subject of this newsletter is the ARM unmanned aerospace vehicle program. The ARM Program's focus is on climate research, specifically research related to solar radiation and its interaction with clouds. The SGP CART site contains highly sophisticated surface instrumentation, but even these instruments cannot gather some crucial climate data from high in the atmosphere. The Department of Energy and the Department of Defense joined together to use a high-tech, high-altitude, long-endurance class of unmanned aircraft known as the unmanned aerospace vehicle (UAV). A UAV is a small, lightweight airplane that is controlled remotely from the ground. A pilot sits in a ground-based cockpit and flies the aircraft as if he were actually on board. The UAV can also fly completely on its own through the use of preprogrammed computer flight routines. The ARM UAV is fitted with payload instruments developed to make highly accurate measurements of atmospheric flux, radiance, and clouds. Using a UAV is beneficial to climate research in many ways. The UAV puts the instrumentation within the environment being studied and gives scientists direct measurements, in contrast to indirect measurements from satellites orbiting high above Earth. The data collected by UAVs can be used to verify and calibrate measurements and calculated values from satellites, therefore making satellite data more useful and valuable to researchers.

WUFI - Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)/Fraunhofer IBP is a menu-driven PC program which allows realistic calculation of the transient coupled one-dimensional heat and moisture transport in multi-layer building components exposed to natural weather. It is based on the newest findings regarding vapor diffusion and liquid transport in building materials and has been validated by detailed comparison with measurements obtained in the laboratory and on outdoor testing fields. Together with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)moreÂ Â» Fraunhofer IBP has developed a special version of WUFI Â® for North America. WUFIÂ® ORNL is a functionally limited free version of WUFIÂ® Pro for non-commercial purposes. It contains climate data for 62 cities in the USA and Canada which are all available in the free version. http://web.ornl.gov/sci/ees/etsd/btric/wufi/ http://www.WUFI.com/ORNLÂ«Â less

Administration | (NNSA) March/June 2011 || Who's Who in ASC || ASC eNews POCs || Upcoming Events || ASC NA-ASC-500-11 Issue 16 March/June 2011 The Meisner Minute meisner Editorial by Bob Meisner Greetings from HQ. It has been six months since our last newsletter, not only because the newsletter editor Reeta Garber retired, but also because we moved to a new web site. During that time we received our FY2011 budget and completed planning for this year's deliverables, signed a memorandum of

In the course of this contract C. K. GeoEnergy: (1) planned, organized, conducted, and reported on six DOE/Industry Forum meetings where the progress of DOE's resource development program was outlined and discussed (these six forum meetings included three meetings of the Drilling and Testing Subgroup and three meetings of the Overview Group), (2) prepared and distributed 15 newsletters, and (3) prepared three reports for DOE lease support. This final report includes summaries of each of the forum meetings as well as the three lease support meetings and the newsletter program.

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This Type B Investigative Report provides an evaluation of relevant events and activities that led to, were a part of, or resulted from the release of curium-244 in the Building 7920 facility at ORNL in January 1986. Impacts have been evaluated with respect to employee exposures and the costs and loss of productivity resulting from increased bioassay analyses and activities of investigative committees. Management systems evaluated include (1) training of employees performing lab analyses, (2) adherence to procedures, and (3) response to unusual circumstances.

The ORNL gas-cylinder fire and impact shield was designed and fabricated at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant for the transport of cylinders filled with radioactive gases. The shield was evaluated analytically and experimentally to determine its compliance with the applicable regulations governing containers in which radioactive and fissile materials are transported, and the results are reported herein. Computational and test procedures were used to determine the structural integrity and thermal behavior of the cask relative to the general standards for normal conditions of transport and the standards for hypothetical accident conditions. Results of the evaluation demonstrate that the container is in compliance with the applicable regulations.

The New England Wind Forum electronic newsletter summarizes the latest news in wind energy development activity, markets, education, and policy in the New England region. It also features an interview with a key figure influencing New England's wind energy development. Volume 1, Issue 4 features an interview with Brian Fairbank, president and CEO of Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort.

This quarterly newsletter provides timely news and information about the plans and progress of the Energy Development in Island Nations-U.S. Virgin Islands pilot project, including significant events and milestones, work undertaken by each of the five working groups, and project-related renewable energy and energy efficiency educational outreach and technology deployment efforts.

This newsletter, a compilation of renewable electric activities in the states, is prepared for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). It includes news from Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Washington.

Wind Powering America program launched the New England Wind Forum (NEWF) in 2005 to provide a single comprehensive source of up-to-date, Web-based information on a broad array of wind energy issues pertaining to New England. The NEWF newsletter provides New England stakeholders with updates on wind energy development in the region.

This quarterly newsletter provides timely news and information about the plans and progress of the Energy Development in Island Nations-U.S. Virgin Islands pilot project, including significant events and milestones, work undertaken by each of the working groups, and project-related technology deployment efforts.

This newsletter describes key activities of the DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs for Winter 2012. Between December 2, 2011, and January 15, 2012, 46 American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes submitted applications to receive technical assistance through the program, which provides Tribes with on-the-ground technical support from DOE and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) staff to help move tribal energy efficiency and renewable energy projects forward. The applications are being considered through the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) selection process, which incorporates expert reviews and outreach to Tribes who present a need for assistance with their community-based energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The final successful applicants will be selected based on the clarity of their requests for technical assistance and the ability of START to successfully work with each unique project or community. At least three selected Tribes in Alaska will receive technical assistance between March and May 2012, and up to five selected Tribes in the contiguous United States will receive technical assistance between March and August 2012. During the months of START Program activity, DOE and NREL experts will work in the two locations. In Alaska, START experts will work directly with community-based project teams to analyze local energy issues and provide assistance with energy projects and cost savings initiatives. This effort will be bolstered by DOE-IE's partnership with the Denali Commission, which will provide further assistance and expertise. In the lower 48 states, NREL experts will work with the selected renewable energy START projects to evaluate financial and technical feasibility and provide early development technical assistance to better position the projects for financing and construction. This on-the-ground technical assistance is part of a broader DOE-IE effort to make reliable, accurate technical information

Over the past three years, the GIS and Computer Modeling (GCM) Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been engaged in creating a very comprehensive geospatial data base for Department of Energy (DOE) installations managed by the DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office (DOE-ORO). This effort encompasses topographic, planimetric, land use/land cover, flood plain, digital elevation, and digital imagery data for the Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) and surrounding areas. The ORR covers approximately 34,800 acres and includes ORNL, the K-25 Site and the Y-12 Plant. The geographic extent of the Base Mapping and Imagery Project covers the ORR and surrounding area and two other DOE plants (Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky) for a total of 166,000 acres. The resulting data represent a major improvement in the spatial accuracy and currency of data which are used as a foundation for environmental restoration, facility studies, and other GIS data applications. A GIS data server was also created in order to store and disseminate the new basemapping data. This paper describes the history of the Base Mapping and Imagery Project with emphasis on the logistical aspects of data quality assessment. data tracking, and data product work flow for a large comprehensive spatial data base. The paper then describes the evolution of the GIS data server including its design from an FTP server to a NetScape-based World Wide Web interface. This combination of data and data access provides the ORR environmental community with a carefully configured and managed GIS dataset.

The United States is home to more than 700 American Indian tribes and Native Alaska villages and corporations located on 96 million acres. Many of these tribes and villages have excellent wind resources that could be commercially developed to meet their electricity needs or for electricity export. The Wind Powering America program engages Native Americans in wind energy development, and as part of that effort, the NAWIG newsletter informs readers of events in the Native American/wind energy community.

Summer/Fall 2013 Office of Indian Energy Newsletter: Summer/Fall 2013 Indian Energy Beat: News on Actions to Accelerate Energy Development in Indian Country Summer/Fall 2013 Issue Educational Curriculum Supports Tribal Energy Develolpment Efforts Message from the Director Building Bridges: Seven New Indian Country Energy and Infrastructure Working Group Members Announced Sharing Knowledge: Military Installations Offer Economic Development Opportunity for Tribes Opening Doors: 10 Tribe Selected

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Remedial Action Program (RAP) was established in 1985 in response to state and federal regulations requiring comprehensive control over facility discharges and cleanup of contaminated sites. A computerized Data and Information Management System (DIMS) was developed for RAP to (1) provide a centralized repository for data pertinent to RAP and (2) provide support for the investigations and assessments leading to the long-term remediation of contaminated facilities and sites. The current status of DIMS and its role in supporting RAP during 1989 are described. The DIMS consists of three components: (1) the Numeric Data Base, (2) the Bibliographic Data Base, and (3) the Records Control Data Base. This report addresses all three data bases, but focuses on the contents of the Numeric Data Base. Significant progress was made last year with the geographic information system (GIS) and ARC/INFO, which can be interfaced with SAS/GRAPH to provide combined mapping and statistical graphic products. Several thematic layers of GIS data for the Oak Ridge Reservation are now available. 18 refs., 8 figs., 19 tabs.

The expanded plug test technique for measuring the circumferential tensile properties of irradiated nuclear fuel cladding was developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and has been used successfully in several applications. The primary advantage of this technique over other procedures is its simplicity for application in the complex hot cell environment. During the development stage, efforts were made to both qualify the technique as much as possible regarding its experimental application and to develop and validate the data reduction procedures. However, since this is a new technique, the technical community is cautious in adopting a procedure that has not been fully vetted. The purpose of this effort was to address several baseline issues regarding the applicability of the technique and the precision of the use of experimental expanded ring load-deformation data to calculate material circumferential stress-strain properties. The tests performed, in conjunction with the developed data reduction procedures, demonstrate good reliability in the prediction of ring material stress-strain behavior for several materials of widely different strengths.

Remote monitoring of process activities is one tool under consideration by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to handle increasing demands for conducting verification inspections at safeguarded facilities. The ability for the IAEA to continuously monitor feed and withdrawal (F&W) station operations (e.g., load cells and other process attributes) would provide independent verification of normal plant operations, supply data that would make safeguards more effective and efficient, and enable information-driven inspections. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have assembled a mock UF6 F&W system using water in lieu of UF6 to test the feasibility of advanced process monitoring systems and concepts (such as remote monitoring) for safeguards. One use of the F&W mockup involves exploring how a safeguards inspector would interact with the data and use it to perform onsite inspections more effectively, so the researchers divided staff into two groups: operators and inspectors. This paper will discuss this process and the promising results of the inspections that have been performed at the mock facility to verify operator declarations and detect material diversion. This paper also will present the intuitive and user-friendly graphic interface researchers used to analyze the information. Although the data gathered previously came from a computer local to the F&W system, future work will include remote transmission and analysis of the data.

The U.S. Department of Energy s High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), was originally designed (in the 1960s) primarily as a part of the overall program to produce transuranic isotopes for use in the heavy-element research program of the United States. Today, the reactor is a highly versatile machine, producing medical and transuranic isotopes and performing materials test experimental irradiations and neutron-scattering experiments. The ability to test advanced fuels and cladding materials in a thermal neutron spectrum in the United States is limited, and a fast-spectrum irradiation facility does not currently exist in this country. The HFIR has a distinct advantage for consideration as a fuel/cladding irradiation facility because of the extremely high neutron fluxes that this reactor provides over the full thermal- to fast-neutron energy range. New test capabilities have been developed that will allow testing of advanced nuclear fuels and cladding materials in the HFIR under prototypic light-water reactor (LWR) and fast-reactor (FR) operating conditions.

NA-ASC-500-13 Issue 26 ASC eNews Quarterly Newsletter December 2013 2 shutdown. But the two-year budget agreement is not an appropriation, so we must await final appropriations for both FY14 and FY15. The President also signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, which directs NNSA to develop and carry out a plan to incorporate exascale computing in the Stockpile Stewardship Program. This is not an exascale program, but recognition that stockpile stewardship requires exascale

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The accomplishments during the months of July and August in the research and development program under way at ORNL as part of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Nuclear Safety Program are summarized, Included in this report are work on various chemical reactions, as well as the release, characterization, and transport of fission products in containment systems under various accident conditions and on problems associated with the removal of these fission products from gas streams. Although most of this work is in general support of water-cooled power reactor technology, including LOFT and CSE programs, the work reflects the current safety problems, such as measurements of the prompt fuel element failure phenomena and the efficacy of containment spray and pool-suppression systems for fission-product removal. Several projects are also conducted in support of the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). Other major projects include fuel-transport safety investigations, a series of discussion papers on various aspects of water-reactor technology, antiseismic design of nuclear facilities, and studies of primary piping and steel, pressure-vessel technology. Experimental work relative to pressure-vessel technology includes investigations of the attachment of nozzles to shells and the implementation of joint AEX-PVFX programs on heavy-section steel technology and nuclear piping, pumps, and valves. Several of the projects are directly related to another major undertaking; namely, the AEC's standards program, which entails development of engineering safeguards and the establishment of codes and standards for government-owned or -sponsored reactor facilities. Another task, CHORD-S, is concerned with the establishment of computer programs for the evaluation of reactor design data, The recent activities of the NSIC and the Nuclear Safety journal in behalf of the nuclear community are also discussed.

The ORNL Management Information System (MIS) Direct Purchase Information System (DPIS) is an on-line interactive system of computer programs. The system can provide a manager with commitment and delivery schedule information on current direct purchase requisitions. The commitment data accounts for the orders that have been placed and those requisitions yet to be placed with a vendor. Information can be summarized at many different levels, and individuals can quickly determine the status of their requisitions. DPIS contains data only on active outside direct purchases, but has the capability to access historical data. It provides sufficient flexibility to be used to answer many questions pertinent to the status of these direct purchases and their obligating costs. Even an inexperienced computer user should have little difficulty in learning to use DPIS. The User Module prompts the user on what type of response it is expecting. If the user has doubts as to the response, or if the meaning of the response is not clear, the module will give a detailed list of the options available at that level. The user has control of what data are to be considered, how they are to be grouped, and what format the output will take. As the user selects the options available at a given level, the module proceeds to the next lower level until sufficient input has been supplied to provide the requested information. A major benefit of this interactive, user-oriented system is that the manager can specify the information requirements and does not have to spend time going through a great deal of other data to locate what is needed. Because it is interactive, a search can begin at a summary level and then resort to a more detailed level if needed. DPIS allows the user direct control for selecting the type of commitment data, output, funds, and direct purchase.

There is a great need for a rapid and simple means of determining the moisture content in combustible cartridge case (ccc) munitions. Previous studies have demonstrated that accumulation of moisture in ccc rounds, such as the M829, leads to softening of the case wall and weakening of the adhesive joint. Moisture in the ccc can lead to incomplete combustion of the case upon firing the round. Currently, there are no facile methods for measuring the moisture content. A prototype portable meter for non-destructive and rapid estimation of moisture in ccc has been developed. The Munitions Case Moisture Meter Model ORNL-1 demonstrates the feasibility of developing an instrument based on the moisture dependence of dielectric properties, to measure moisture in ccc munitions in storage and in the field. These instruments are simple, inexpensive, lightweight, portable, low-power battery operated, and intrinsically safe. They provide nondestructive, noninvasive, and rapid measurements. Calibration data for the prototype are not available at this time. Therefore, calibration of the meter and the development of a scale reading directly moisture content in munitions rounds could not be completed. These data will be supplied by the US Army from its tests of the meter with actual munitions. However, experimental results on empty cccs in laboratory conditions demonstrate satisfactory performance of the instrument. Additional work is needed to bring the prototype to its optimum usefulness and accuracy for field measurements. This includes: Calibration of the meter scale with full-up munitions; Data and evaluation procedures to adjust the performance of the meter for different environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity; and Studies of the dielectric properties of moist ccc materials, as a function of frequency and temperature, are needed for adjustment of the meter for optimal performance.

There is a great need for a rapid and simple means of determining the moisture content in combustible cartridge case (ccc) munitions. Previous studies have demonstrated that accumulation of moisture in ccc rounds, such as the M829, leads to softening of the case wall and weakening of the adhesive joint. Moisture in the ccc can lead to incomplete combustion of the case upon firing the round. Currently, there are no facile methods for measuring the moisture content. A prototype portable meter for non-destructive and rapid estimation of moisture in ccc has been developed. The Munitions Case Moisture Meter Model ORNL-1 demonstrates the feasibility of developing an instrument based on the moisture dependence of dielectric properties, to measure moisture in ccc munitions in storage and in the field. These instruments are simple, inexpensive, lightweight, portable, low-power battery operated, and intrinsically safe. They provide nondestructive, noninvasive, and rapid measurements. Calibration data for the prototype are not available at this time. Therefore, calibration of the meter and the development of a scale reading directly moisture content in munitions rounds could not be completed. These data will be supplied by the US Army from its tests of the meter with actual munitions. However, experimental results on empty cccs in laboratory conditions demonstrate satisfactory performance of the instrument. Additional work is needed to bring the prototype to its optimum usefulness and accuracy for field measurements. This includes: Calibration of the meter scale with full-up munitions; Data and evaluation procedures to adjust the performance of the meter for different environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity; and Studies of the dielectric properties of moist ccc materials, as a function of frequency and temperature, are needed for adjustment of the meter for optimal performance.

Navistar and ORNL established this CRADA to develop diesel engine aftertreatment configurations and control strategies that could meet emissions regulations while maintaining or improving vehicle efficiency. The early years of the project focused on reducing the fuel penalty associated with lean NOx trap (LNT), also known as NOx adsorber catalyst regeneration and desulfation. While Navistar pursued engine-based (in-cylinder) approaches to LNT regeneration, complementary experiments at ORNL focused on in-exhaust fuel injection. ORNL developed a PC-based controller for transient electronic control of EGR valve position, intake throttle position, and actuation of fuel injectors in the exhaust system of a Navistar engine installed at Oak Ridge. Aftertreatment systems consisting of different diesel oxidation catalysts (DOCs) in conjunction with a diesel particle filter and LNT were evaluated under quasi-steady-state conditions. Hydrocarbon (HC) species were measured at multiple locations in the exhaust system with Gas chromatograph mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Under full-load, rated speed conditions, injection of fuel upstream of the DOC reduced the fuel penalty for a given level of NOx reduction by 10-20%. GC-MS showed that fuel compounds were 'cracked' into smaller hydrocarbon species over the DOC, particularly light alkenes. GC-MS analysis of HC species entering and exiting the LNT showed high utilization of light alkenes, followed by mono-aromatics; branched alkanes passed through the LNT largely unreacted. Follow-on experiments at a 'road load' condition were conducted, revealing that the NOx reduction was better without the DOC at lower temperatures. The improved performance was attributed to the large swings in the NOx adsorber core temperature. Split-injection experiments were conducted with ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and three pure HC compounds: 1-pentene, toluene, and iso-octane. The pure compound experiments

The study involved defining the flood potential and local rainfall depth and duration data for the Department of Energy`s (DOE) Y-12, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and K-25 plants. All three plants are subject to flooding from the Clinch River. In addition, the Y-12 plant is subject to flooding from East Fork Poplar and Bear Creeks, the ORNL plant from Whiteoak Creek and Melton Branch, and the K-25 plant from Poplar Creek. Determination of flood levels included consideration of both rainfall events and postulated failures of Norris and Melton Hill Dams in seismic events.

This report summarizes a 1-year small mammal biodiversity survey conducted on the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park (OR Research Park). The task was implemented through the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Natural Resources Management Program and included researchers from the ORNL Environmental Sciences Division, interns in the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Higher Education Research Experiences Program, and ORNL Environmental Protection Services staff. Eight sites were surveyed reservation wide. The survey was conducted in an effort to determine species abundance and diversity of small mammal populations throughout the reservation and to continue the historical inventory of small mammal presence for biodiversity records. This data collection effort was in support of the approved Wildlife Management Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation, a major goal of which is to maintain and enhance wildlife biodiversity on the Reservation. Three of the sites (Poplar Creek, McNew Hollow, and Deer Check Station Field) were previously surveyed during a major natural resources inventory conducted in 1996. Five new sites were included in this study: Bearden Creek, Rainy Knob (Natural Area 21), Gum Hollow, White Oak Creek and Melton Branch. The 2009-2010 small mammal surveys were conducted from June 2009 to July 2010 on the Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park (OR Research Park). The survey had two main goals: (1) to determine species abundance and diversity and (2) to update historical records on the OR Research Park. The park is located on the Department of Energy-owned Oak Ridge Reservation, which encompasses 13,580 ha. The primary focus of the study was riparian zones. In addition to small mammal sampling, vegetation and coarse woody debris samples were taken at certain sites to determine any correlations between habitat and species presence. During the survey all specimens were captured and released using live trapping techniques including

Wind Powering America program launched the New England Wind Forum (NEWF) in 2005 to provide a single comprehensive source of up-to-date, Web-based information on a broad array of wind energy issues pertaining to New England. The NEWF newsletter provides New England stakeholders with updates on wind energy development in the region. In addition to regional updates, Issue #5 offers an interview with Angus King, former governor of Maine and co-founder of Independence Wind.

This website presents experimental ionization cross sections measured using the Electron-Ion Crossed Beams apparatus in the Multicharged Ion Research Facility (MIRF) at the Physics Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The data are given in both graphical and tabular form along with the reference to the original publication of the experimental results. Also presented in the figures are theoretical cross sections supporting the experiments. For details of the theoretical work, refer to the original publication given for the particular experiment. These pages are based primarily on three technical memorandums issued by ORNL: 1(D. H. Crandall, R. A. Phaneuf, and D. C. Gregory, Electron Impact Ionization of Multicharged Ions, ORNL/TM-7020, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1979; 2) D. C. Gregory, D. H. Crandall, R. A. Phaneuf, A. M. Howald, G. H. Dunn, R. A. Also presented are more recent (1993-present) data, both published and unpublished. The data pages feature dynamic plotting, allowing the user to choose which sets of data to plot and zoom in on regions of interest within the plot. [Taken from http://www-cfadc.phy.ornl.gov/xbeam/index.html

This Necessary and Sufficient (N and S) set of standards is for Other Industrial, Radiological, and Non-Radiological Hazard Facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). These facility classifications are based on a laboratory-wide approach to classify facilities by hazard category. An analysis of the hazards associated with the facilities at ORNL was conducted in 1993. To identify standards appropriate for these Other Industrial, Radiological, and Non-Radiological Hazard Facilities, the activities conducted in these facilities were assessed, and the hazards associated with the activities were identified. A preliminary hazards list was distributed to all ORNL organizations. The hazards identified in prior hazard analyses are contained in the list, and a category of other was provided in each general hazard area. A workshop to assist organizations in properly completing the list was held. Completed hazard screening lists were compiled for each ORNL division, and a master list was compiled for all Other Industrial, Radiological Hazard, and Non-Radiological facilities and activities. The master list was compared against the results of prior hazard analyses by research and development and environment, safety, and health personnel to ensure completeness. This list, which served as a basis for identifying applicable environment, safety, and health standards, appears in Appendix A.

A short term study has been carried out to evaluate the suitability as cam roller followers of three ceria zirconia toughened aluminas and two yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconias (YTZPs) previously enhanced in programs supported by ORNL. Norton Si{sub 3}N{sub 4} (NBD-100) was also included in this study as a reference material, because it was known from work at Northwestern University that Si{sub 3}N{sub 4} to experienced little or no wear in this application, and NBD-100 is currently a successful commercial bearing material. The tribological studies were subcontracted to the Torrington Company. They found that in cam roller follower simulated tests that there was essentially no wear after 1 hour and 5 hours of testing detectable by weighing and concluded that all of these ceramics are, therefore, candidate materials. Because of the minute amounts of wear it was not possible to identify the wear mechanism or to make any correlations with the other physical properties which were evaluated such as MOR, K{sub IC} hardness, density and grain size. Phase transformation during rolling has been of interest in the tribology of zirconia contain materials. The least stable of the ceria zirconia toughened aluminas resulted in as much as 33% monoclinic phase after testing whereas the yttria stabilized (TTZ) contained very little of this transformed phase. The results of this study show that oxide materials can now be considered as candidates for cam roller followers in heat engines.